FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1978
THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVED THAT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RAPE VICTIMS DID NOT REPORT ATTACKS ON THEM BECAUSE OF THE DISTRESS THIS NIGHT CAUSE THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AND ALSO THROUGH A FEAR OF DISGRACE.
+HAVING REGARD TO THESE FACTORS AND PUBLIC CONCERN REGARDING THE PRESENT LACK OF ANONYMITY OF VICTIMS, THERE IS A STRONG CASE FOR CHANGING HONG KONG LAW ALONG THE LINES OF THE 1976 ENGLISH ACT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
OPEN HUNTING ON WILD PIG
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WILD PIG CAN NOW BE HUNTED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, A NOTICE TO THIS EFFECT IS PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY.
PREVIOUSLY, THE HUNTING OF WILD PIG (SCIENTIFICALLY KNOWN AS SUS SCROFA) WAS PROHIBITED BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1 AND SEPTEMBER 30 UNDER THE WILD ANIMALS PROTECTION ORDINANCE.
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR. MARTIN LEWIS SAID TODAY THERE HAD BEEN MORE THAN 50 COMPLAINTS FROM FARMERS SINCE OCTOBER 1 CONCERNING DAMAGE
TO CROPS CAUSED BY THE WILD PIGS. MOST OF THESE COMPLAINTS CAME FROM THE PLOVER COVE-SHA TAU KOK AREA. NO COMPENSATION IS AWARDED TO FARMERS FOR SUCH CROP DAMAGE WHICH HAS BEEN ASSESSED AT $85,000.
+WE CAN NO LONGER IGNORE THE COMPLAINTS OF FARMERS PARTICULARLY THOSE AT THE SUBSISTENCE LEVEL. THEY DO NOT SEE THE ATTRACTIONS OF PROTECTING AN ANIMAL WHICH HANY WOULD CONSIDER AS VERMIN.
+THERE IS VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF THE ANIMAL BECOMING EXTINCT. THEY ARE EXTREMELY CUNNING, NOCTURNAL IN HABIT AND USE THE STEEP TERRAIN AND THICK BUSH EXCEEDINGLY SKILFULLY. THEY ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SHOOT IN LARGE NUMBERS.
+NEVER-THE-LESS, WE ARE INTENDING TO CAPTURE A SOW AND SOME PIGLETS AND BREED THEM IN CAPTIVITY AT ONE OF OUR FARMS,+ SAID FR. LEWIS.
HE ADDED THAT TO ASSIST FARMERS 1 THE LAI CHI WO AREA, SKILLED POLICE AND ARMY MARK SHEN WILL BE DEPLOYED TO SHOOT WILD PIGS IN THE AREA ON TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM APRIL 19 TO MAY 25.
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