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YOUR TELNO 1222 : IVORY PQS
1. ANSWER TO PQ2210 RELATES TO IVORY (REPEAT IVORY ONLY)
PROSECUTIONS (NOT REPEAT NOT SEIZURES) IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1989. ANSWER TO PQ1861 RELATES TO IVORY SEIZURES (NOT REPEAT NOT PROSECUTIONS) BY HONG KONG CUSTOMS SPECIAL TASK FORCE FROM 1 JUNE
1989 TO 22 MARCH
1990.
2. THE CASE OF IVORY EXPORTED FROM CANADA CONE CARVED TUSK OF 5.75
KG) WAS SEIZED IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1989 AND PROSECUTED IN SECOND
HALF OF 1989. IT WAS THEREFORE INCLUDED IN ANSWER TO PQ2210 BUT NOT
IN ANSWER TO PQ1861.
3. THE IVORY EXPORTED FROM INDIA RELATED TO A PIECE OF PERSONAL EFFECT OF WORKED IVORY (3.4 KG) SEIZED BY THE HONG KONG AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1989 AND PROSECUTED ALSO IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1989. THIS CASE WAS NOT (REPEAT NOT)
HANDLED BY THE CUSTOMS' TASK FORCE AND HENCE NOT INCLUDED IN ANSWER
TO PQ1861 BUT INCLUDED IN ANSWER TO PQ2210.
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