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All this should improve considerably the conditions under whirl animals are kept. The Hong Kong Government intend to enforce regulations strictly and have recently instituted daily inspect of the main traders to ensure that the physical state of the i animals is satisfactory and that the conditions in which they kept are up to standard. The Government are also increasing direct effort to inspect restaurant premises to detect and pre- cruelty to animals.
The effectiveness of any measures in this field will of course as elsewhere, in the degree of public co-operation which is fo But I think that all this indicates that the Hong Kong Govern well aware of the problems and have been taking prompt measures with them.
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