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+IN CAPTIVITY THEY THRIVE ON A 'SOUP' MADE FROM MANY DIFFERENT INGREDIENTS. THIS GIFT WAS IN APPRECIATION OF HELP GIVEN TO MELBOURNE BY THE HONG KONG ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDENS STAFF OVER MANY YEARS, IN ASSISTING THE TRANSHIPMENT OF ANIMALS THROUGH HONG KONG ON BEHALF OF THE MELBOURNE ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, +
SADLY, THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SOME DEPARTURES.
THE NOTORIOUSLY NOISY BREEDING MALE ARGUS PHEASANT (ARGUSI ANUS ARGUS ARGUS) DIED OF OLD AGE. THIS BIRD ARRIVED IN 1964 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS ALREADY IN ADULT PLUMAGE. THIS MEANS THAT THE MINIMUM AGE AT DEATH WAS 22 YEARS. ONE OF HIS PROGENY IS NOW PART OF A SUCCESSFUL BREEDING PAIR IN THE KOWLOON PARK AVIARY AND MANY OTHER YOUNG BIRDS BRED AT THE HONG KONG ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDENS HAVE BEEN SENT TO OVERSEAS 200S AND BIRD COLLECTIONS.
THE THREE YOUNG JAGUARS (PANTHERA ONCA) WHICH GAVE SO MUCH PLEASURE TO MANY VISITORS TO THE GARDENS DURING THE PAST SUMMER HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE GUANGZHOU ZOO AS PART OF AN EXCHANGE AGREEMENT.
THE HONG KONG ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDENS, LIKE MANY OTHER ZOOS, DOES NOT PART PERMANENTLY WITH ITS SURPLUS RARE ANIMALS BUT SENDS THEM TO OTHER FACILITIES ON A BREEDING LOAN AGREEMENT. A FEMALE GOODFELLOW'S TREE KANGEROO (DENDROLAGUS GOODFELLOWI) WAS SENT ON BREEDING LOAN TO FRANKFURT ZOO AND A MALE GOELDI'S MONKEY (CALLIMICO GOELDII) TO JERSEY.
+NEWS HAS RECENTLY BEEN RECEIVED THAT BOTH ANIMALS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY BRED. THIS KIND OF COOPERATION BETWEEN ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS PLAYS AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE CONSERVATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES,+ SAID THE SPOKESMAN.
1 300 RICHLAND GARDENS FLATS SOLD IN TWO WEEKS
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THE CURRENT SALES OF RICHLAND GARDENS FLATS AT THE HOME OWNERSHIP CENTRE IN HO MAN TIN CONTINUED TO RECEIVE ENCOURAGING RESPONSE FROM HOME-BUYERS, WITH ANOTHER 710 FLATS SOLD OUT OVER THE WEEK.
+THESE HAVE SO FAR BROUGHT TO A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 1 300 FLATS SELECTED BY ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS UNDER PHASE VIB OF THE HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME SINCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF SALES ON DECEMBER 3,+ SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TODAY.
IN ADDITION TO THE 4 272 FLATS BEING SOLD, HE SAID THE REMAINING SIX BLOCKS ON THE ESTATE WITH 1 632 FLATS MIGHT ALSO BE OFFERED FOR SELECTION AT A LATER STAGE IF THERE WAS SUCH A DEMAND.
+ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS WILL BE INVITED IN TURNS TO SELECT THE IR FLATS AT THE HOME OWNERSHIP CENTRE ACCORDING TO THEIR ORDER OF PRIORITY,+ HE ADDED.
MEANWHILE,