SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1989
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REGISTRATION OF IVORY STOCKS TO START
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THE AGRICULTURE
AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TRADERS CALLED ON LOCAL IVORY
FOR THEIR FULL GOVERNMENT EXERCISE TO REGISTER ALL IVORY STOCKS
THE TERRITORY.
TODAY (SATURDAY) CO-OPERATION IN A CURRENTLY HELD IN
SENIOR CONSERVATION
THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICER, MR M.K. CHEUNG, IN A CIRCULAR LETTER ΤΟ ALL IVORY TRADERS
EXERCISE ABOUT THE REGISTRATION
BEING CONDUCTED IN AN EFFORT MONITOR THE EXISTING IVORY STOCKS AND THEIR TRADE MORE EFFECTIVELY.
TO
"THE REGISTRATION WILL COVER ALL IVORY STOCKS INCLUDING RAW
OF AND WORKED IVORY BUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PERSONAL ITEMS
WORKED
IVORY, MR CHEUNG SAID.
IVORY
"ALL IVORY TUSKS AND LARGE CUT PIECES WILL BE MARKED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
WITH THE
CONTROL PROCEDURE LAID
BY DOWN
THE FAUNA CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD AND FLORA (CITES),'
CLI
IVORY A REPORT WITHIN 14 DAYS ON THE
PROCESS,
PHASE DURING THE FIRST
OF THE REGISTRATION TRADERS WERE REQUESTED TO CHECK THEIR IVORY STOCKS AND MAKE TO THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT PRESCRIBED FORM PROVIDED. HE SAID.
"
"NIL RETURN IS REQUIRED, HE ADDED.
UPON RECEIPT OF RETURNS FROM TRADERS,
INDIVIDUAL TRADERS
IVORY STOCKS HELD BY
PHYSICAL
ВЕ WILL
INSPECTION OF CARRIED OUT BY DEPARTMENT STAFF WHO WILL PROVIDE DETAILS OF THE MARKINGS REQUIRED FOR THE TUSKS AND CUT PIECES AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION.
MR CHEUNG SAID THE REGISTRATION WAS THE FIRST IN MEASURES DESIGNED TO ENHANCE CONTROL ON THE IVORY TRADE.
A SERIES OF
OF "APART FROM THE MORATORIUM ANNOUNCED ON JUNE 16 ON IMPORTS
NOTICE,
IS URGENT ACTION RAW IVORY UNTIL FURTHER
BEING TAKEN TO ESTABLISH A COMPUTER DATA BASE OF ALL REGISTERED IVORY," HE SAID.
IN ADDITION, MR
OUT, A PROPOSAL WAS BEING
CHEUNG POINTED
A
LICENCE POSSESSION
FORMULATED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO REQUIRE
ENDANGERED THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF FOR THE HOLDING OF ANY COMMERCIAL QUANTITY OF IVORY.
SPECIES)
UNDER ORDINANCE
"DETAILS OF THIS NEW REQUIREMENT WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN DUE COURSE," HE ADDED.
WEST
ANY IVORY MR CHEUNG ALSO ADVISED IVORY TRADERS NOT TO ARRANGE SHIPMENT TO THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN, UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE AND
IN ALL GERMANY AS THEY HAD ALREADY IMPOSED A BAN ON IMPORTS OF IVORY FORMS.
THESE "NO IVORY EXPORT TO UNLESS AND UNTIL CONFIRMATION HAS BEEN CONCERNED THAT THE IMPORT BAN HAS BEEN LIFTED," HE SAID.
COUNTRIES SHOULD BE CONTEMPLATED RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTRIES
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