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Customs officers of the Ship Search and Cargo Command seized $500,000 worth of counterfeit Playstation TV games memory cards from a Mainland-vessel off Kwun Tong on Sunday (April 30).

At about 4 pm, the officers searched the vessel off Kwun Tong Public Cargo Working Area. As a result, the officers seized about 5,000 pieces of counterfeit Playstation memory cards.

"Initial enquiries revealed that the fake products were made on the Mainland and imported illegally into Hong Kong from Guangzhou," said a spokesman for the Customs and Excise Department.

According to the Trade Descriptions Ordinance, anyone found importing or exporting any false trade descriptions goods is liable to a maximum fine of $500,000 and five years' imprisonment.

End/Tuesday, May 2, 2000

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