WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1991
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PUBLIC REMINDED NOT TO BRING IN ENDANGERED SPECIES
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC VISITING CHINA AND OVERSEAS DURING THE EASTER HOLIDAYS ARE REMINDED NOT TO BRING BACK ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES TO HONG KONG.
COUNTRIES WITH THEM
SENIOR CONSERVATION OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR M.K. CHEUNG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT BOTH THE CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES AND THE DEPARTMENT HAD STEPPED UP CONTROL MEASURES AT ALL ENTRY POINTS TO CHECK ON TRAVELLERS AND GOODS VEHICLES DURING THE HOLIDAY PERIOD.
"ANYONE WHO TRIES TO ILLEGALLY BRING IN ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES INCLUDING LIVE AND STUFFED SPECIMENS AS WELL AS PARTS AND DERIVATIVES, WILL BE PROSECUTED," HE SAID.
ACCORDING то MR CHEUNG, THERE HAD BEEN 94 SEIZURES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ILLEGAL IMPORT AND POSSESSION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES SO FAR THIS YEAR.
THE ENDANGERED ANIMALS INVOLVED WERE MAINLY PARROTS, STUFFED SEA TURTLES, BIRDS OF PREY, OWLS, ASIATIC BONY TONGUE FISH AND WILD ORCHIDS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT IS AN OFFENCE UNDER THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE TO IMPORT, EXPORT OR POSSESS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES WITHOUT THE PRIOR PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS MAY RESULT A MAXIMUM FINE OF $25,000 ON THE FIRST OFFENCE AND $50,000 PLUS MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT FOR A REPEATED OFFENCE,' MR CHEUNG ADDED.
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EIGHT CLINICS TO OPEN DURING HOLIDAYS
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EIGHT GOVERNMENT OUT-PATIENT CLINICS WILL REMAIN OPEN BETWEEN 9 AM AND 1 PM ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WHICH ARE PUBLIC HOLIDAYS, SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE EIGHT CLINICS ARE: THE VIOLET PEEL HEALTH CENTRE AND SHAU KEI WAN JOCKEY CLUB ON HONG KONG ISLAND; THE KWUN TONG JOCKEY CLUB HEALTH CENTRE, ROBERT BLACK HEALTH CENTRE AND YAU MA TEI JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC IN KOWLOON; AND THE LADY TRENCH POLYCLINIC, SHEK WU HUI JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC AND YUEN LONG JOCKEY CLUB HEALTH CENTRE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
ALL OTHER OUT-PATIENT AND EVENING CLINICS WILL BE CLOSED.
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