Hong Kong Customs Cracks Down on Infringing Goods at Lunar New Year Fairs

Hong Kong Customs inspects Lunar New Year fairs and promotes anti-infringing messages

Hong Kong Customs officers today (January 23) distributed pamphlets to stall operators at various Lunar New Year (LNY) fairs to remind them not to sell infringing goods.

The Divisional Commander (Intellectual Property General Investigation) of Customs, Mr Ho Chun-wing, said that during the LNY period, Customs will conduct inspections at all 15 LNY fairs across the districts and take stringent enforcement actions against infringing activities to protect consumer interests.

As early as last October and November, Customs distributed pamphlets to successful bidders for the LNY Fair stalls, reminding them to be cautious about the authenticity and origin of goods when merchandising. They were also reminded to verify with the corresponding agents or representatives of trademark and copyright owners if in doubt.

Under the Trade Descriptions Ordinance, any person who sells or possesses for sale any goods with forged trademark commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $500,000 and imprisonment for five years.

Under the Copyright Ordinance, any person who sells or possesses for sale any infringing goods commits an offence. The maximum penalty upon conviction is a fine of $50,000 per infringing copy and imprisonment for four years.

Members of the public may report any suspected infringing activities to Customs 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).

Hong Kong Customs inspects Lunar New Year fairs and promotes anti-infringing messages Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Fatal traffic accident in Lantau North

Police are investigating a fatal traffic accident happened in Lantau North yesterday (August 25) in which a man died, while seven men and four women were injured.

Police received a report at 7.57pm that a taxi driven by a 59-year-old man was travelling along Cheung Tung Road towards Tung Chung, it suspectedly cut the lane and collided with a bus travelling along Cheung Tung Road towards Kowloon, driven by a 59-year-old man, and then rammed into a moving medium goods vehicle.

Police officers sped to the scene. The taxi driver was trapped inside the compartment and rescued by firemen. Sustaining serious multiple injuries, the taxi driver was rushed to North Lantau Hospital in unconscious state and was certified dead at 9.20pm. A 48-year-old male taxi passenger, sustaining back and neck injuries, was sent to Princess Margaret Hospital in conscious state. The 59-year-old male bus driver and nine bus passengers (five men and four women), aged between 24 and 71 and sustaining injuries to their heads, necks and limbs, were sent to North Lantau Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital in conscious state respectively.

Investigation by the Special Investigation Team of Traffic, New Territories South is underway.

Anyone who witnessed the accident or has any information to offer is urged to contact the investigating officers on 3661 1346.

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