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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
For WRITTEN ANSWER on
25/5/89
Head of
HKD
Please submit:-
a draft Answer &
background to Parliamentary Unit
before
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SERIAL NO:1715
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PARTY
to P/S
MR. EGGAR
(Minister)
for approval by NOON,
25 MAY 1989*
PQS REPLY (5)
TEXT OF QUESTION :-
MR TONY BANKS (NEWHAM NORTH WEST)
To ask the Secretary of State/HMG;
NOON 24/5/89
how many shipments and what weight of ivory have been seized by the Hong Kong authorities to date in the current year; and how many shipments and what weight of ivory have been imported from CITES approved sources in the same period.
for answer by
MR. EGGAR
(Minister)
ANSWER:
The Hong Kong Government have seized 15 consignments
of illegal ivory so far this year, weighing a total of 0.5 tonnes. In the same period, 249 shipments of ivory, total weight 55.5 tonnes, have been imported from
CITES approved sources.
Mnothin
W257:
HKCISI/I
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copy to
Private Secretary
PS/L
CORD GLENARİ HUR
(Minister)
Parliamentary Clerk
authorised
Pi
(Head of Dept.)