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THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1991
HONG KONG (CONTROL OF GOLD, SECURITIES I
PAYMENTS AND CREDITS KUWAIT AND REPUBLIC OF IRAQ) ORDER 1990
THE BANK OF ENGLAND ANNOUNCED ON MARCH 13, 1991 THAT THE CONTROL OF GOLD, SECURITIES, PAYMENTS AND CREDITS (KUWAIT) DIRECTIONS
1990 (STATUTORY INSTRUMENT 1990
NO. 1591 OF AUGUST 2, 1990) WERE REVOKED FROM MIDNIGHT ON MARCH 12, 1991 AND THAT CONSEQUENTLY THE TERMS OF THE RANK OF ENGLAND'S KUWAIT NOTICE DATED AUGUST 7, 1990, SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 DATED AUGUST 25, SUPPLEMENT NO. 2 DATED SEPTEMBER SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 DATED SEPTEMBER 13 AND SUPPLEMENT NO. 4 DATED NOVEMBER 6 CEASED TO APPLY WITH EFFECT FROM THE SAME TIME.
3.
THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE HAS INFORMED THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT THAT THE HONG KONG (CONTROL OF GOLD, SECURITIES, PAYMENTS AND CREDITS KUWAIT AND REPUBLIC OF IRAQ) ORDER 1990 (THE "HONG KONG ORDER"} REMAINS IN FORCE BUT THAT IT IS EXPECTED THAT AN ORDER PARTIALLY REVOKING THAT ORDER 18 EXPECTED TO BE PASSED AT THE NEXT
THAT MEETING OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL ON APRIL 16, 1991. AT
TIME IT IS EXPECTED THAT RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON
ASSETS WILL REMAIN IN
FORCE.
IRAQI
AT PRESENT THOSE PROHIBITED BY THE HONO KONG ORDER FROM
KUWAITI ASSETS TRANSACTING BUSINESS RELATING TO
MAY
то APPLY
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY FOR PERMISSION TO DO SO. THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY WISHES SUCH PERSONS TO KNOW THAT IN THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES ALL SUCH APPLICATIONS SHALL BE DEALT WITH SYMPATHETICALLY AND FURTHER PERMISSIONS OF A MORE GENERAL EFFECT ARE URGENTLY BEING CONSIDERED.
REPORTED RED TIDES NOT CAUSED BY TOXIC SPECIES
TAO JIH
AND
IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES ON A REPORT IN SING TODAY (MARCH
TOXIC ON
RED
THE TIDES,
AGRICULTURE FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD) ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
PAO
YEAR. "AFD HAS SO FAR RECEIVED SEVEN REPORTS OF RED TIDES THIS
AND THERE IS NO HOWEVER, NONE OF THEM WERE CAUSED BY TOXIC SPECIES CAUSE FOR PUBLIC ALARM.
WAS
A RED TIDE OF THE TOXIC SPECIES ALEXANDRIUM CATENELLIA WAS RECORDED IN 1989. SINCE THEN THIS SPECIES
OCCASIONALLY DETECTED IN HONG KONG WATERS, BUT ONLY AT VERY LOW CONCENTRATION, NOT ENOUGH TO CONSTITUTE A REÐ TIDE.
THE WATER DOES
MOREOVER, THE PRESENCE OF THIS TOXIC ALGAE IN NOT NECESSARILY MAKE SHELLFISH UNSAFE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
/AFD NOTED