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Thursday, January 11, 1973
PUBLIC WARNED AGAINST DAMAGE TO PROTECTED PLANTS
The Agriculture and Fisheries Department today warned the public
not to pick or damage Lunar New Year flowers and other types of plants
grown on Crown land.
Damage to the Lunar New Year flower "Tiu Chung" and other seasonal
flowers such as orchids and azalias is usually very serious at this time
of the year, a spokesman said.
It is an offence under the Forestry Ordinance to cut, burn or
otherwise damage vegetation on Crown land. Offenders are liable to a fine
of $2,000 and one year's imprisonment.
The unlawful sale or possession of protected plants and flowers
is an offence liable to a fine of $250.
Warning posters, in Chinese and English, are being put up in all
public notice boards, and plantation areas in the New Territories.