Customs and Excise Department

18 May 2013

Acting on intelligence, officers intercepted the ship, known as a river trade vessel, shortly after it set off from Black Point in Tuen Mun for Humen in Guangdong on Thursday. They escorted the...

5:51AM

Tong's hospitality as chief of customs raises eyebrows

8 May 2013

A lawmaker urged the tight-lipped Customs and Excise Department to explain why Tong could borrow a plane from the Government Flying Service to entertain visiting mainland officials in 2004, as...

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Hong Kong foots the bill as Beijing tops up its tax take

2 Apr 2013

An elite Customs team has been set up to tackle smuggling syndicates who are making millions of dollars a day shipping container loads of illegal goods between Hong Kong and the mainland.

6:55AM

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Apology to 12 cross-border travellers over mistaken milk powder arrests

22 Mar 2013

A lawmaker has attacked the government for refusing to say which infant milk formulas are restricted from being taken out of Hong Kong. The criticism came after Secretary for Food and Health Dr Ko...

4:50AM

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Chinese woman in milk formula blunder hits back at Hong Kong Customs

21 Mar 2013

The mainland woman mistakenly charged with flouting the two-tin limit on infant milk formula has criticised Hong Kong customs officials for not saying sorry. "They gave no apology when they called...

9:00AM

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Woman held at Hong Kong border for 'breaking milk limit' - with rice cereal

19 Mar 2013

The woman, from eastern China's Jiangsu province, said she did not know powdered rice milk cereal was included in the rule and said she asked customs officials at Lok Ma Chau more than once.

3:44PM

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Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

Singapore interbank rates manipulation claims are hyped

5:29AM

Enoch Yiu

Qianhai the likely winner in the rush for Hong Kong investment

4:35AM

Customs clerk sentenced to 140 hours of community service

A former customs clerk was sentenced on Tuesday to perform 140 hours of community service for conducting unauthorised searches on a database used to track suspicious financial transactions.

1:16PM

Customs officials battle smuggling surge

Customs officials in China are grappling with an increase in smuggling, particularly banned items such as drugs, weapons and endangered animals, state media reported on Tuesday.

6:49PM

Customs criticised for pursuit of outdated CD and VCD piracy

Despite a plunge in the number of factories making optical CD or VCD discs, the customs department is maintaining the fight against piracy in this declining medium, according to the Audit...

4:32AM

CUSTOMS

HK$3.3m haul of illicit cigarettes seized in Tsing Yi

Customs officers have seized illicit cigarettes worth HK$3.3 million and arrested three suspected smugglers in Tsing Yi, the government announced on Thursday.

1:03PM

Customs seizes record HK$760m cocaine haul

A joint operation between Hong Kong and US authorities has led to the city's biggest seizure of cocaine.

7:27PM

Lin injury puts fakers out of action, too, says customs

Customs officers at Hong Kong airport had only discovered one consignment of fake Jeremy Lin basketball jerseys by the time news broke this week that the Asian-American basketball sensation was...

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