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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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February 8, 2005
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Customs

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190 hazardous toy guns seized
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Customs & Excise Department

About 190 unsafe toy bubble guns have been seized from a stall at the Lunar New Year Fair in Victoria Park.

 

The Customs & Excise Department, having consulted the Government Laboratory, said the battery-operated guns do not comply with toy safety requirements. It believes they were procured from outside Hong Kong. About 300 have been sold at the fair.

 

Under the Toys & Children's Products Safety Ordinance it is an offence to supply, manufacture or import unsafe toys. Those who do so face a $500,000 fine and two years' jail.