DRAFT INSPIRED PQ FOR WRITTEN ANSWER
ANNEX A
Whether the
Government will
Q. Witt Hong Kong comply in full with the CITES ban on all
the 6 month Reservation is withdrawn commercial trade in ivory when we withdraw our six month
Reservation on 18 July 1990?
A. The Hong Kong Government have already enacted legislation to implement the CITES ban on international commercial trade in ivory. The legislation will come into
effect when our Reservation is withdrawn on 18 July 1990. A potential loophole in the legislation which might have enabled tourists to export ivory as souvenirs up to a weight
of 5 kg has been closed. Hong Kong legislation now fully
reflects the CITES Convention.
MADAGU/1