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TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1992

ORIGIN

"WE MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER IMPOSING AND CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN REQUIREMENT EVEN FOR RE-EXPORTS, MR TSANG SAID.

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MARKING REQUIREMENT TRANSHIPPED GOODS OR

TO CAUSE HONEST TRADER.

HE

CONSCIOUS NOT ADDED THAT HE WAS ALWAYS INCONVENIENCE TO OR IMPOSE ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON THE

BE IN TRADE AND HOW

"MUCH WILL DEPEND ON HOW SUCCESSFUL WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHTING AGAINST FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES IN THE TEXTILE THIS SUCCESS IS PERCEIVED ELSEWHERE."

THE BEST WERE FLOUTING OUR

HE URGED LOCAL TRADERS TO CO-OPERATE AS THEY WERE IN POSITION TO KNOW WHETHER ANY OF THEIR COMPETITORS CONTROLS.

TRANSHIPMENT FRAUD "IF THEY METICULOUSLY REPORT ANY ORIGIN OR

NAME, THEY WILL THEY WILL NOT ONLY HELP TO PROTECT HONG KONG'S GOOD HELP THEMSELVES BY REDUCING UNFAIR COMPETITION AND THE NEED TO TO ANY DRASTIC CONTROL MEASURES AFFECTING THE WHOLE TRADE,

RESORT

HE SAID.

THAT THE ILLEGAL TRANSHIPMENT AS UNFOUNDED

IN ALLEGATIONS

MR TSANG CLARIFIED IT WAS NOT

CONTROL, PROBLEM HAD RUN OUT OF NEWSPAPERS MIGHT HAVE REPORTED.

SOME

VERY SERIOUS ATTITUDE TOWARDS HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT TOOK A ANY MALPRACTICE RELATING TO THE IMPORT AND EXPORT OF GOODS.

THE INTEGRITY

THE IS PARAMOUNT. OUR SYSTEM OF OUR PROVISIONS IN THE LAW HAVE PROVIDED A POWERFUL MEANS TO COMBAT FRAUD.

LIABLE

RELEVANT ORIGIN

ORIGIN CERTIFICATION ARE

AND MILLION

TWO YEARS' MAXIMUM PENALTY IS HK$0.5

"OFFENCES RELATING TO LICENSING AND

OF HK$0.5 TO A

PENALTY MAXIMUM IMPRISONMENT. FOR LABELING OFFENCES, THE MILLION AND IMPRISONMENT UP TO FIVE YEARS.

TO

TEXTILES

ORIGIN

FRAUD

AND IMPRISONMENT

FALSE

"PROSECUTIONS RELATING LABELING IN 1991 RESULTED IN TOTAL FINES OF $30 MILLION. SENTENCES OF UP TO 18 MONTHS HAVE ALSO BEEN IMPOSED.

"IN

ΤΟ ADDITION

PROSECUTION,

THE TRADE

AND

DEPARTMENT

TAKES

QUOTA TO THE DEPARTMENT THE

MALPRACTICES.

LICENSING TOWARDS ACTION ADMINISTRATIVE COMPANIES ARE NORMALLY REQUIRED TO SURRENDER

" MR TSANG SAID. AMOUNT OF ANY QUOTAS MISUSED,

DIFFERENT

ORIGIN

HE

THAT ADMITTED

HONG CONVENIENT TRANSPORT CENTRE HAD PROBLEMS.

STRATEGIC

POSITION KONG'S ITS GREAT BLESSINGS BUT

AS ALSO

A ITS

"AT

THE VERY

EARLY

EXPERIENCE WE HAD THE PROBLEM OF HONG KONG TEXTILE

TO A AS GOODS OF REQUIREMENT FOR EXPORT.

TEXTILES

CONTROL EXPORT GOODS DISGUISING BY-PASS

QUOTA

THE

DAYS OF OUR

IN ORDER

"RELENTLESS GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT WORK AND THE COST IN HONG KONG HAVE CURED THIS PROBLEM. WHAT THEN WAS THE PROBLEM OF NON-HONG KONG GOODS TRYING TO EXPORT.

RISING LABOUR

TOOK ITS PLACE

USE

OUR QUOTA FOR

/"TO DEAL

T