Sunday, July 06, 2008

內地化

最近在報張上看到兩則新聞,令筆者有一點不安的感覺。

一名澳洲移民在回港時攜帶了一些雪藏牛排,他也很醒目地在海關選擇了紅色通道,主動申報,但是卻換來了被檢控非法攜帶違禁品入境。

另一名香港市民沒有支持香港政府的禁煙運動,同時也不支持留港消費,在下班後怱忙趕回國內享受那隨意抽煙的自由。誰知在回港之時,竟遭關員檢控未有申報尚在口袋中抽剩了的七根已完稅香煙。

關於第一則新聞,那名市民固然不幸,但香港政府在執法的同時卻似乎忘記了應頒一個「好市民獎」給那名移民,因為他也親自舉報了一名「罪犯」- 他自己。

對於第二則新聞,更是聞所未聞。據報張報道,當局強調已完稅貨品在再入境時也需申報,如果是真的話,那每天來往深港兩地數以萬計的車輛,是不是也需逐架申報,並需將其油缸內的燃料抽出來量一量才成,因為不論汽車本身或油缸內的汽油也是已完稅的物品呢!

兩則新聞令筆者感到香港海關似乎有內地化的現象。如筆者一類經常出入內地的出差旅人,以往都知道在大時大節出入內地海關要小心一點,如果可以的話,盡量少帶一點東西,因為隨時會遇到一些關員拿出一些似是而非的關例來「坑」你,但這現象在近年已有一些改善。想不到香港海關居然可令時光倒流。現在這兩則新聞,不是有一點內地的味道嗎?

4 comments:

Beatrice Kessler said...

sorry. did you read the news from newspaper? If yes, which one?

Knowledge Workshop said...

The news is quite hot in the Oriental Daily in these few days.

Beatrice Kessler said...

I am a bit doubt with this newspapre's accuracy.

Did other media's news coverage the same issue with the same details?

Knowledge Workshop said...

It is really a big problem that we are difficult to find a newspaper in HK that can be believed. The news is also appeared in several sources, e.g. Sing Pao, i-Cable news, Wenweipo, Commercial Radio, and even in Apple Daily. It seems that the Customs also did not clarify for any mistake in the reporting.