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·FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1988
STARTING FROM NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR, TUEN MUN STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO ENROL AT THE SOUTH TUEN MUN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL AND THE KA CHI SECONDARY SCHOOL AT AREA 44, AND AT THE SAN WUI COMMERCIAL SOCIETY SECONDARY SCHOOL IN SHAN KING ESTATE.
IN KWUN TONG, THE NEW SCHOOLS ARE THE KO LUI SECONDARY SCHOOL AND THE HONG KONG BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION HO MAN KAM PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL.
OTHER NEW SCHOOLS ARE THE CARITAS CHAN CHUN НА PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN FANLING; CARITAS CHAN CHUN HA PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN YUEN LONG; HONG KONG TAOIST ASSOCIATION YUEN YUEN INSTITUTE NO.
2 SECONDARY SCHOOL AT FU SHIU ESTATE IN TAI PO; AND THE HELEN LIANG MEMORIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL IN SHA TIN,
THE SCHOOL SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN JUNK BAY I9 THE JUNK BAY GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL.
CONTROL ON WORKED IVORY COMES INTO FORCE
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THE NEW MEASURE TO CONTROL THE IMPORT INTO HONG FORMS OF WORKED IVORY BECAME EFFECTIVE TODAY (FRIDAY) NOTIFICATION IN THE GAZETTE.
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FROM TODAY, NO SHIPMENT OF WORKED IVORY WILL BE THE TERRITORY UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY A VALID IMPORT LICENCE WHICH MUST BE APPLIED FOR, AND OBTAINED IN ADVANCE, FROM THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUPPORTED BY VALID DOCUMENTS INCLUDING LEGITIMATE EXPORT PERMITS FROM THE EXPORTING COUNTRIES AND OTHER DOCUMENTAL PROOFS OF THEIR ACQUISITION FROM SOURCES APPROVED BY THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES).
EXPLAINING THE NEW MEASURE, THE DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR CONSERVATION OFFICER, MR M.K. CHEUNG, SAID THE CONTROL AIMED AT MEETING HONG KONG'S INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS IN SAVING ELEPHANTS FROM EXTINCTION BY PREVENTING ANY WORKED OR SEMI-WORKED IVORY ITEMS OF DUBIOUS ORIGIN FROM ENTERING THE TERRITORY.
HE EMPHASISED THAT THE NEW MEASURE WOULD BE STRICTLY ENFORCED AND THE 199UR OF AN IMPORT LICENCE WAS BY NO MEANS AUTOMATIC.
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