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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1989
SIMILAR SEMINARS WILL BE HELD IN THE AREAS OF SAI KEN DY TOWN, AS WELL AS CHUNG WAN AND SHEUNG WAN IN THE MONTHS.
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MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO BUILDING MANAGEMENT SEMINAR WHICH WILL BEGIN AT ४ PM ON FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER 291 IN ROOM 1009. HONG KONG BAPTIST CHURCH, 56 CAINE CENTRAL.
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THREE SNAKE SPECIES MAY BE LISTED AS ENDANGERED
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THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY} ADVISED TRADERS IN LIVE SNAKES AND SNAKE PRODUCTS THAT THREE SPECIES OF SNAKE MIGHT BE SUBJECT TO STRICT LICENSING CONTROL SHOULD THEY BE LISTED IN THE INTERNATIONAL SCHEDULE OF ENDANGERED SPECIES.
THESE THREE SNAKE SPECIES ARE THE COMMON RAT SNAKE, THE COBRA AND THE KING COBRA.
IN A CIRCULAR ΤΟ THESE TRADERS, THE DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR CONSERVATION OFFICER, MR M.K. CHEUNG, SAID PROPOSALS HAD RECENTLY BEEN MADE TO THE SECRETARIAT OF THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES) FOR THE ADDITION OF THESE THREE SPECIES IN APPENDIX II OF ITS ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST.
THE CITES APPENDIX I COVERS HIGHLY ENDANGERED SPECIES IN WHICH TRADE IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. SPECIES LISTED IN APPENDIX 11 ARE THOSE IN WHICH TRADE IS ALLOWED SUBJECT TO STRICT LICENSING CONTROL.
MR CHEUNG SAID: "THESE PROPOSALS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE FORTHCOMING CITES CONFERENCE TO BE HELD NEXT MONTH IN SWITZERLAND.
"IF THE PROPOSALS ARE ADOPTED BY THE CONFERENCE. INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INCLUDING IMPORT AND EXPORT, IN THESE SNAKE SPECIES AS WELL AS THEIR SKIN, MEAT AND PRODUCTS WILL BE STRICTLY CONTROLLED AND RESTRICTED TO SPECIMENS WITH THE APPROVAL FROM THE CITES AUTHORITIES OF THE EXPORTING COUNTRIES.
HE SAID THAT IN HONG KONG, THE NECESSARY LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE THESE SPECIES INTO THE SCHEDULES OF THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN THE EVENT THAT THE PROPOSALS WERE ADOPTED BY CITES.
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