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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1988
"IN PRINCIPLE, THE IMPORT OF IVORY, WHETHER WORKED OR UNWORKED, FROM COUNTRIES NOT RECOGNISED BY CITES WILL NOT BE APPROVED, HE SAID.
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"LIKEWISE, APPLICATIONS IN RESPECT OF IVORY WHICH ARR NOT REGISTERED WITH THE CITES SECRETARIAT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED."
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MR CHEUNG POINTED OUT THAT IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION, AN EXPORT PERMIT SHOULD STIPULATE THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, ITS PERMIT NUMBER AND THE QUANTITIES, AND SHOULD SPECIFY WHETHER THE IVORY HAD ALREADY BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE CITES SECRETARIAT.
"AN IMPORT LICENCE WILL NOT BE ISSUED IF THE EXPORT PERMIT 18 FOUND NOT IN ORDER OR IF THE DOCUMENTAL PROOF OF ITS ACQUISITION 19 NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITES SECRETARIAT RECORD," HE SAID.
MR CHEUNG ALSO REMINDED RESIDENTS THAT MORE ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS CAME UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE AS FROM TODAY.
THESE INCLUDED PAMPAS FOX. FENNEC, BLACK MUNTJAC, TAKIN, PECCARIES, ALL CRANES, HUMMINGBIRDS, BUSTARDS, GIANT CLAMS, FRUIT
BATS, POISON DART FROGS, CORALS AND LITTLE AGATE SNAILS.
IN ADDITION, CARVED PRODUCTS OF RHINO HORN, WHALE TEETH, SEA TURTLE SHELL AND MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS OF A NUMBER OF HIGHLY ENDANGERED SPECIES SUCH AS FUR COATS OF THE CATS FAMILY AND SEA TURTLE SPECTACLE FRAMES WERE ADDED TO THE CONTROL LIST.
"PRODUCTS OF THE HIGHLY ENDANGERED SPECIES ARE ALLOWED TO BE BROUGHT INTO HONG KONG WHILE THOSE LESS SPECIES ARE SUBJECT TO LICENSING CONTROL," MR CHEUNG SAID.
NO LONGER ENDANGERED
ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC OR TRADER WHO HAS ACQUIRED ANY OF THESE SPECIES OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS OR ITS PRODUCT IN HONG KONG BEFORE TODAY HAS BEEN GIVEN UNTIL NOVEMBER 6 THIS YEAR TO OBTAIN A VALID POSSESSION LICENCE FROM THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES
DEPARTMENT.
ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE CONTROL MEASURE IS LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5,000 FOR THE FIRST OFFENCE, AND $10,000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT FOR A REPEATED OFFENCE. IN ADDITION, THE SPECIES INVOLVED WILL BE CONFISCATED, HE SAID.
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