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THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1992
PUBLIC ADVISED AGAINST DUTY-NOT-PAID CIGARETTES
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) CALLS ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOT TO RISK PROSECUTION BY BUYING DUTY-NOT-PAID CIGARETTES FROM STREET HAWKERS AT SPECIALLY LOW PRICES.
THE CALL CAME AFTER A 42-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS ARRESTED BY OFFICERS IN SHEK KIP MEI EARLY TODAY FOR ALLEGEDLY DUTY-NOT-PAID CIGARETTES FROM A STREET HAWKER.
THE ARREST WAS MADE IN AN OPERATION CONDUCTED BY OFFICERS THIS MORNING WHEN THEY VISITED RESTAURANTS AND BAZAARS IN NINE AREAS.
IN THE FOUR-HOUR OPERATION CARRIED OUT BETWEEN 5 AM AND CUSTOMS OFFICERS ARRESTED FOUR MEN AND THREE WOMEN AND SEIZED 50,000 PIECES OF SUSPECTED DUTY-NOT-PAID CIGARETTES APPROXIMATELY $45,000.
THE DUTY POTENTIAL OF THE CIGARETTES WAS $24,000.
CUSTOMS
BUYING
CUSTOMS
HAWKER
9 AM,
ABOUT WORTH
THE SEVEN PEOPLE ARRESTED, AGED FROM 35 TO 68, WILL BE CHARGED- WITH SELLING AND POSSESSING DUTIABLE CIGARETTES LATER TODAY.
THEY WILL BE ALLOWED BAIL RANGING FROM $1,000 TO $5,000 PENDING APPEARANCE IN COURT.
SOUTHERN DB TO HOLD SEMINAR ON DISTRICT AFFAIRS
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THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD WILL HOLD A SEMINAR TOMORROW (FRIDAY) TO FACILITATE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE DISTRICT'S SEVEN AREA COMMITTEES TO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON VARIOUS DISTRICT ISSUES.
THE SEMINAR IS JOINTLY ORGANISED WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
THE
THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR HUI YUNG-CHUNG, SAID ANNUAL FORUM HAD PROVEN TO BE AN ASSET IN THE EVALUATION OF THE BOARD'S WORK AND IN FORMULATING ITS FUTURE WORK PLAN.
HE SAID THE AREA COMMITTEES HAD EARLIER ORGANISED DIFFERENT SEMINAR WITH LOCAL RESIDENTS' ORGANISATIONS, INCLUDING MUTUAL COMMITTEES AND OWNERS CORPORATIONS TO DISCUSS LOCAL MATTERS.
AID
TO
"TOMORROW'S SEMINAR WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNE VENUE CONSOLIDATE THE AREA COMMITTEES' AND LOCAL RESIDENTS' VIEWS, MR HUI
SAID.
/THE SOUTHERN
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