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TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1984
PROTECTED MONKEYS SENT TO CHINA
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TEN MONKEYS, PROTECTED UNDER THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES), LEFT BY TRAIN FOR CHINA TODAY.
THEY WILL BE KEPT IN THE GUANGZHOU ZOO.
BOTH HONG KONG AND CHINA ARE SIGNATORIES TO THE CITES UNDER WHICH THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED WILD BIRDS AND ANIMALS.
THE MONKEYS CAME INTO THE POSSESSION OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AS A RESULT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT WORK.
THE TRANSFER OF THE ANIMALS FOLLOWED NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE HONG KONG AND CHINESE AUTHORITIES.
THIS IS THE SECOND GROUP OF LIVE ANIMALS SENT TO CHINA.
THE FIRST ONE, CONSISTING OF A BROWN BEAR,
CONSISTING OF A BROWN BEAR, SIX MONKEYS, THREE CAIMANS, ONE CRESTED SERPENT EAGLE, ONE PYTHON AND FOUR RADIATED TORTOISES, WAS SENT TO GUANGZHOU IN JANUARY.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN WARNED THAT IT IS AN OFFENCE TO IMPORT ANIMALS, ANIMAL PRODUCTS, OR PLANTS OF PROTECTED OR ENDANGERED SPECIES INTO HONG KONG WITHOUT AUTHORISATION.
HE SAID THAT 58 PEOPLE WERE PROSECUTED LAST YEAR FOR THE OFFENCE.
FILTRATION PLANT FOR SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX
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A FILTRATION PLANT IS BEING INSTALLED AT THE TUEN MUN SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX WHICH IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
A $1.68 MILLION CONTRACT FOR THE JOB HAS BEEN AWARDED BY THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO EASTMAN ENGINEERS AND TRADERS COMPANY LIMITED.
WORK ON INSTALLING THE PLANT HAS JUST STARTED AND WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE SUMMER OF 1986, WHEN THE COMPLEX IS READY.
FACILITIES WILL INCLUDE ONE MAIN POOL, TWO PADDLING POOLS, AN ADMINISTRATION BUILDING WITH SPECTATOR STAND, FOUR SQUASH COURTS, A TOILET BLOCK WITH PROVISION FOR THE HANDICAPPED AND *A RESTAURANT.
THE COMPLEX IS BEING BUILT ON A 3.5-HECTARE SITE NEAR THE TEMPORARY HOVERFERRY PIER.
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