FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1991
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FEE REVISION FOR CITES RE-EXPORT CERTIFICATES
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD) TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED A FEE REVISION FOR THE RE-EXPORT CERTIFICATES ISSUED IN RELATION TO THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA (CITES).
AN AFD SPOKESMAN SAID WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT, THE FEE FOR A CITES RE-EXPORT CERTIFICATE WOULD GO UP FROM $65 TO $110.
A NOTICE TO THIS EFECT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY.
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE CERTIFICATES WERE ISSUED MAINLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF RE-EXPORTING HANDBAGS. SHOES, BELTS AND OTHER MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS MADE FROM SKINS OF SNAKES, LIZARDS AND CROCODILES; ARTIFICIALLY PROPAGATED PLANT MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS SUCH AS AMERICAN GINSENG ROOT; AS WELL AS HIPPO TEETH CARVINGS AND MINK COATS.
LAST YEAR, THE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A TOTAL OF 16,500 RE-EXPORT CERTIFICATES WHILE IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, 4,600 CERTIFICATES WERE ISSUED, COVERING MAINLY MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS OF CROCODILE SKIN, MONITOR LIZARD AND SNAKE SKIN, AS WELL AS LEATHER GOODS.
THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE PREVIOUS FEE REVISION WAS MADE IN FEBRUARY 1986.
FARMERS ON U.S. STUDY TOUR
*
AND
TWENTY LOCAL FARMERS WILL FLY TO CALIFORNIA TOMORROW (SATURDAY) TO STUDY MODERN TECHNIQUES IN VEGETABLE GROWING, PLANT PROTECTION WHOLESALE MARKETING.
THE GROUP INCLUDES BOTH VEGETABLE FARMERS AND VEGETABLE MARKETING PERSONNEL.
THE (FRIDAY)
SPEAKING AT A BANNER PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT
AGRICULTURE
AFTERNOON, AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD) HEADQUARTERS THIS
SAID LEE, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE
SUITABLE ADOPTING
TECHNIQUES OF ADVANCED COUNTRIES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION WOULD BE INCREASED, MEANING MORE IN HONG KONG.
BY LOCAL FOOD SUPPLY
PREVIOUS
HE SAID THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE ACCUMULATED FROM
TO GROW UP-MARKET STUDY TOURS HAD SET A GOOD BASE FOR LOCAL FARMERS EXOTIC VEGETABLES.
THE
CLIMATE AND NOTING THAT CALIFORNIA AND HONG KONG HAVE SIMILAR
ΤΟ FARMERS VEGETABLE PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT, DR LEE URGED
MAKE USE OF THIS TRIP TO FURTHER ENHANCE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNIQUES GROWING EXOTIC VEGETABLES.
IN
/HE HOPED