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PHASES.
OTHER TYPES OF ACCOMMODATION WILL BE LICENSED IN SUBSEQUENT
HOWEVER, INITIALLY ALL TYPES OF HOTEL ACCOMMODATION ARE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE AUTHORITY WITHIN THREE MONTHS FROM THE DAY THE AUTHORITY COMMENCES OPERATION TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION.
ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE UNDER PHASE 1 CONTROL WILL BE GIVEN A DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR A LICENCE WHEN RECEIVING THE CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION.
BOTH THE CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION AND LICENCE HAVE TO BE RENEWED ANNUALLY.
A FEE OF $500 WILL BE PAYABLE ON THE 199UE/RENEWAL OF A CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION. THE FEE FOR A LICENCE WILL DEPEND ON THE NUMBER OF ROOMS OF THE PREMISES BUT WILL NOT EXCEED $20,000 PER ANNUM.
A TELEPHONE HOTLINE, 881
7034, HAS BEEN SET UP ΤΟ HANDLE ENQUIRIES FROM OPERATORS AND A PAMPHLET WILL SOON BE PUBLISHED.
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TRADING OF SNAKES AND CORALS BROUGHT UNDER LICENSING CONTROL
THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY TRADERS IN LIVE SNAKES, SNAKE PRODUCTS AND CORALS ARE REMINDED THAT THE IMPORT AND EXPORT OF THREE SNAKE SPECIES AND ALL STONY CORALS HAVE NOW COME UNDER STRICT LICENSING CONTROL.
THE NEW IMPORT AND EXPORT CONTROL MEASURE RESULTS FROM THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE (REPLACEMENT OF SCHEDULES AND EXEMPTION) ORDER 1990, WHICH IS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY) AND WHICH TAKES IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
AN AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD) SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE CONTROL MEASURE, WHICH IS AIMED AT PREVENTING OVER- EXPLOITATION OF THE SNAKE AND CORAL SPECIES, WILL BRING LOCAL LEGISLATION IN LINE WITH REQUIREMENT STIPULATED BY THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES).
THE THREE SPECIES OF SNAKE ARE THE ORIENTAL RAT SNAKE, THE ASIATIC COBRA AND THE KING COBRA, THESE SNAKES ARE CONSUMED AS FOOD IN HONG KONG AND THEIR SKINS USED AS LEATHER.
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CORALS AND
THE STONY CORALS ARE OFTEN USED IN AQUARIA AND FOR DECORATIVE PURPOSES. COMMON EXAMPLES ARE THE STAGHORN CORALS, BRAIN CORALS.
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