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Question : Regarding the progress of the replacement electronic Air Cargo Clearance System, please advise this Committee on any measures for the authorities to enhance speedy and reliable clearance service for air cargoes apart from the replacement of the electronic Air Cargo Clearance System. If there are any, what are the details of and the budget for the measures? If there are not, what are the reasons? Asked by : Hon. LAU Kin-yee, Miriam Reply : The replacement of the electronic Air Cargo Clearance System is progressing smoothly according to schedule, with the expenses being kept within the estimated amount. The new system is expected to be implemented in December 2010 as planned. To facilitate trade, the Customs and Excise Department (C&ED) will soon roll out an electronic customs clearance platform, the Road Cargo System (ROCARS). The system will provide additional capacity room for C&ED to consider measures to further facilitate the clearance of transshipment cargoes involving inter-modal transfer (e.g. from land to air). At present, land-air transshipment cargoes may be subject to customs inspection at the land boundary control point and the airport. With the rolling out of ROCARS and the wider use of e-seals and Global Positioning System technologies, we are considering the introduction of further facilitation measures to enable inter-modal cargoes to be subject to inspection at one control point only.
Question : What are the expenditure and manpower provision involved in preventing and detecting online infringing articles for 2010-11? What are the percentages increased/decreased when compared with the figures for 2009-10 and 2008-09? During the same period, what are the values of infringing articles for online auctions seized by the authorities? How many cases were successfully prosecuted and what were the penalties? Asked by : Hon. LEE Wai-king, Starry Reply : The Customs and Excise Department has established two Anti-Internet Piracy Teams, each comprising 7 Customs officers, to combat piracy and counterfeiting activities on the Internet. The estimated expenditure on salary provision for the two teams in 2010-11 is about $4.036 m. Due to salary adjustments, the expenditure represents a 6.0% and 0.4% increase respectively when compared with the figures for 2008-09 and 2009-10. The Department will continue to flexibly deploy its resources in taking rigorous actions against online infringement offences. Figures for 2008 and 2009 regarding the value of infringing articles that were put up for sale on Internet auction sites and seized by the Department, the number of successful prosecutions and the penalties imposed are as follows:
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