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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1989

TIGHTER

CONTROL AS WELL AS

CRAFT

DESIGNED TO SAVE NOT ONLY THE TRADITIONAL ARTISTIC

SUPPORT WE "AT THE SAME TIME, CO-OPERATIVE INTERNATIONAL ACTIONS AFRICAN EXTINCTION," HE ADDED.

ELEPHANT

BUT

ALSO A

MEANWHILE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS TAKEN ITS ALREADY STRICT ONE STEP FURTHER TO MAKE THE IMPORT OF ILLEGAL IVORY IMPOSSIBLE.

FROM

CONTROL

FURTHER

A MORATORIUM ON IMPORTS OF

NOTICE, THOROUGH REGISTRATION

STOCKS IVORY

AND ESTABLISHING A

RAW

THE MEASURES TAKEN INCLUDE IVORY FROM ALL SOURCES UNTIL AND MARKING OF ALL EXISTING LOCAL COMPUTER DATA BASE FOR ALL REGISTERED IVORY.

EXCISE

A SPECIAL TASK FORCE WAS ALSO FORMED IN THE CUSTOMS AND

AND EXPORT DEPARTMENT TO INVESTIGATE AND SUPPRESS ANY ILLEGAL IMPORT THROUGH HONG KONG.

FOR THE LICENSING OF IN ADDITION, PLANS ARE BEING FINALISED THE POSSESSION OF ALL FORMS OF IVORY FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.

DISABLED CHILDREN NEED COMMUNITY SUPPORT

TO

MR STEPHEN LAW, TODAY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, (SUNDAY) CALLED FOR MORE PUBLIC CONCERN, CARE AND LOVE TO BE SHOWN DISABLED CHILDREN SO THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP IN A NORMAL WAY.

BY

LIGHT

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE "STEP IN,

THE UP THE RETARDED 1989" COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT ORGANISED

TAK CENTRE IN HONG KONG JAYCEETTES AT THE EXHIBITION SQUARE OF SHUN SHEUNG WAN.

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AN IMPORTANT AND THE SERVICE

MR LAW POINTED OUT THAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT PLAYED PART IN SUPPLEMENTING THE EFFORTS BY THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.

"THE GOVERNMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH BEEN PROVIDING VARIOUS SERVICES TO DISABLED OF SIX SO THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE PROPER CARE

"THESE PRE-SCHOOL

SERVICES

VOLUNTARY

HAS

AGENCIES, CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE IN THE EARLIEST STAGE.

OF EARLY CENTRES AND

THE INCLUDE

PROVISION CHILD CARE SPECIAL

EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTRES, INTEGRATED PROGRAMMES IN CHILD CARE CENTRES.

GOVERNMENT AND

"THE COMPUTERISED CO-ORDINATED REFERRAL SYTEM FOR DISABLED PRE- SCHOOLERS ALSO PROVIDES MORE INFORMATION FOR BOTH THE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES IN FUTURE PLANNING,'

A

יו

HE SAID.

NUMBER

A VOLUNTARY GROUP OF MEANINGFUL CHARITABLE

MR LAW COMMENDED THE HONG KONG JAYCEETTES,

ORGANISING FOR OF YOUNG WOMEN, ACTIVITIES.

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