THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 19c7
REMINDER ABOUT PROTECTED ANIMALS AND PLANTS
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LOCAL RESIDENTS VISITING FOREIGN COUNTRIES DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR PERIOD ARE REMINDED NOT TO BRING BACK SPECIES OF PROTECTED ANIMALS AND PLANTS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID THAT ANY PERSON FOUND GUILTY OF IMPORTING OR POSSESSING ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS WITHOUT AUTHORISATION IS LIABLE TO A FINE OF $5 000. THE PENALTY FOR A SUBSEQUENT OFFENCE COULD BE $10 000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT, HE ADDED.
BETWEEN APRIL LAST YEAR AND JANUARY THIS YEAR THE COURTS DEALT WITH 222 CASES UNDER THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE, AND IMPOSED FINES TOTALLING $95 500. GOODS CONFISCATED TOTALLED $170 000. EIGHTY-TWO OTHER CASES ARE STILL TO BE HEARD.
AMONG THE CONFISCATED GOODS WERE 39 LIVE AND DEAD PANGOLINS, 43 LIVE AND DEAD OWLS, 391 SEA TURTLE EGGS, 22 SEA TURTLE SPECIMENS. 265 PIECES OF CROCODILE SKIN AND THREE KILOGRAMS OF WILD AMERICAN GINSENG.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD MEETING ON FRIDAY
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THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD WILL DISCUSS THE POSSIBILITY OF FORMING A LOCAL DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE AT ITS THIRD MEETING TOMORROW (FRIDAY).
BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO BE CONSULTED ON THE ELECTION OF UNOFFICIAL CHAIRMEN TO THE BOARD'S ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNITY BUILDING AND TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEES.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT STRATEGY REPORT SINCE THE FIRST HALF WAS DISCUSSED IN THE LAST MEETING.
BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALSO BE INFORMED AT THE MEETING OF THE SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION OF A PIECE OF LAND AT STANLEY IN JUNE THIS YEAR FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
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