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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1991

"APART FROM TENDERING ADVICE, RECEIVING CONSUMER COMPLAINTS, COLLECTING AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ON GOODS AND SERVICES, STAFF OF THE CENTRE ALSO ORGANISE TALKS, SEMINARS AND EXHIBITIONS то SAFEGUARD CONSUMER INTERESTS, HE SAID.

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MR CHAU NOTED THAT 16 YEARS AGO, THERE WERE ONLY TWO CONSUMER ADVICE CENTRES IN HONG KONG WHERE SERVICE PROVIDED WAS SOMEHOW RESTRICTED.

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"NOW THERE ARE 16 CENTRES WHICH FORM A COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK THE TERRITORY OFFERING A CONVENIENT SERVICE AND MAKING AN EFFICIENT RESPONSE TO DISTRICT NEEDS," HE SAID.

MR CHAU SAID TSIM SHA TSUI WAS A HIGHLY COMMERCIAL FAVOURITE SPOT FOR SHOPPING WHICH ATTRACTED A LARGE VISITORS EACH YEAR.

AREA AND

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"THE DISTRICT IS THEREFORE PARTICULARLY IN NEED OF A CONSUMER ADVICE CENTRE TO SERVE THE CONSUMERS.

"WITH THE OPENING OF THIS CENTRE, CONSUMERS, NO MATTER LOCAL OR FOREIGN, WILL HAVE A CONVENIENT PLACE TO SEEK PRE-SHOPPING ADVICE AND TO LODGE POST-SHOPPING COMPLAINTS.

"THIS WILL FURTHER ENHANCE THE IMAGE OF HONG KONG AS A SHOPPER'S PARADISE," HE SAID.

MR CHAU SAID THE ADVANCE OF TECHNOLOGY HAD MEANT A CONSTANT STREAM OF NEW PRODUCTS COMING ON THE MARKET EVERY DAY.

"THIS PRODUCES NEW PROBLEMS FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE CHARGED WITH LOOKING AFTER THE CONSUMERS' INTERESTS.

"THE CONSUMER ADVICE CENTRES ARE ONE THROUGH

OF OUR ESSENTIAL LINKS THIS LINK THE CONSUMER COUNCIL WILL REMAIN VIGILANT IN THE FACE OF NEW CHALLENGES, HE SAID.

WITH CONSUMERS, AND I AM SURE THAT

NEW SALARY COMMISSION MEMBER APPOINTED

THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED MISS LILY CHIANG TO BE A MEMBER OF THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.

MISS CHIANG IS AN ENGINEER BY PROFESSION. SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL AND THE COUNCIL OF THE OPEN LEARNING INSTITUTE. SHE IS ALSO AN ADJUDICATOR OF THE IMMIGRATION TRIBUNAL.

MISS CHIANG'S TERM OF APPOINTMENT WILL BE FOR TWO YEARS WITH EFFECT FROM TODAY.

THE STANDING COMMISSION ADVISES THE GOVERNMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES GOVERNING THE PAY AND CONDITIONS OF THE NON-DIRECTORATE CIVIL SERVICE OTHER THAN THE SERVICES.

ON THE OF SERVICE DISCIPLINED

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