SUNDAY, JULY 26, 1992
THERE WERE VARIOUS A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID WHILE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE RISE IN COMPLAINTS, THE TREND COULD, TO CERTAIN EXTENT, REFLECT THE GROWING CONFIDENCE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S GRIEVANCE REDRESS MACHINERY.
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PUBLIC IN THE
OFFICE THE
MEMBERS OP COMPLAINTS,
OF
THE
THE
TH
THE
"IT IS HOPED
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RELOCATION OF COMPLAINTS INVESTIGATION UNIT WILL FURTHER ENCOURAGE
VENTILATE PUBLIC TO MAKE FULL USE OF THE AVRNUR TO SPOKESMAN SAID.
INDEPENDENCE, THE APART FROM ESTABLISHING A STRONGER SENSE OF
TIE IN WITH THE EXPANSION OF REMOVAL OF THE DIVISION WAS TO
ITS
SERVICE, HE ADDED.
PRACTICES FOR ECONOMY OF DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES.
ΤΟ RELATING ACHIEVEMENT
NEWLY THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES SECTION WAS A
RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANUALS REVIEW CREATED SECTION TASKED WITH THE AND OFFERING ADVICE
CURRENT MANAGEMENT
AND CONCEPTS
THE
OF
EFFECTIVENESS EFFICIENCY,
AND
THE INSPECTION SECTION SERVES AS A MONITORING BODY RELATING TO EXECUTION OF DEPARTMENTAL POLICIES, AND SECURITY AT THE DEPARTMENT'S INSTITUTIONS.
ON MATTERS
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
PUBLIC ADVISED NOT TO BRING IN ENDANGERED SPECIES
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC VISITING CHINA AND OVERSEAS COUNTRIES
BRING DURING THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS ARE ADVISED NOT TO
ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES ON THEIR RETURN TO HONG KONG.
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THEM
AND
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THE SENIOR CONSERVATION OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR MARTIN LEUNG, SAID TODAY (SUNDAY): "BOTH CUSTOMS AUTHORITY AND THE DEPARTMENT HAVE STEPPED UP CONTROL MEASURES VEHICLES DURING AT ALL ENTRY POINTS TO CHECK ON TRAVELLERS AND GOODS 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."
PEOPLE
BROUGHT IN
RECENT STATISTICS HAVE INDICATED THAT SOME SCALES OF PANGOLIN, THE ACT OF WHICH IS ALSO AGAINST THE LAW.
WITH
THE
SPECIES IN THE
CONNECTION MR LEUNG SAID THERE WERE 169 SEIZURES IN ILLEGAL IMPORT, EXPORT AND POSSESSION OF FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
ENDANGERED
THE ENDANGERED SPECIES INVOLVED WERE MAINLY STUFFED SEA TURTLES, CORAL SKELETONS, MOUNTED BUTTERFLIES, PANGOLINS, PARROTS, BIRDS OF PREY AND SNAKES.
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