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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1984
HISTORY IN THE MAKING ****
THE URBAN COUNCIL'S MUSEUM OF HISTORY WILL ORGANISE A HISTORY IN THE MAKING+ PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION NEXT SPRING FOR RESIDENTS AGED BETWEEN 15 AND 25. THE EVENT IS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE 1985 INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR DESIGNATED BY THE UNITED NATIONS.
ENTRIES TO THE COMPETITION SHOULD BE PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN LOCALLY AND DEPICTING OCCASIONS AND EVENTS OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. THEY MAY COVER VARIOUS ASPECTS OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS TRADE AND INDUSTRY, CONSTRUCTION AND GROWTH, CRAFTS AND PROFESSIONS, LIFE AND CUSTOMS, AND CELEBRATIONS AND FESTIVALS.
ENTRIES MAY BE COLOUR OR BLACK-AND-WHITE PRINTS MOUNTED ON A CARDBOARD OF THE SAME SIZE. THE SIZE OF THE PRINT MAY RANGE FROM 20 CM BY 25 CM TO 40 CM BY 50 CM. SLIDES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
IN ADDITION TO TROPHIES, THERE WILL BE CASH PRIZES OF $2 000, #1 200 AND $800 FOR THE FIRST THREE WINNERS. TWELVE OUTSTANDING ENTRIES WILL ALSO BE SELECTED FOR A CASH AWARD OF $300 EACH.
ENTRY FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE EARLY JANUARY AT THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF HISTORY IN KOWLOON PARK. CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES WILL BE MARCH 31, 1985.
WARNING AGAINST IMPORTING ENDANGERED SPECIES
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PEOPLE GOING ABROAD FOR CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR ARE ADVISED NOT TO BRING BACK ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS OR PLANTS.
THESE INCLUDE LIVE OR STUFFED SPECIMENS OF SEA TURTLES, CROCODILES, OWLS AND PANGOLINS AS WELL AS WILD AMERICAN GINSENG, WILD ORCHIDS AND WILD CACTUS.
SO FAR THIS YEAR, OVER 50 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PROSECUTED FOR ILLEGAL IMPORTATION OF ITEMS BANNED UNDER THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE.
THE ITEMS SEIZED INCLUDED STUFFED SPECIMENS OF SEA TURTLES, EGGS, SHELLS AND SCALES, ELEPHANT SKINS AND TUSKS, RHINO HORNS, LIVE AND STUFFED SPECIMENS OF CROCODILES AND SKINS, PYTHON SKINS, STUFFED SPECIMENS OF PANGOLINS AND SKINS, OWLS AND CIVETS.
THE ORDINANCE,