SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1993
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ROYAL HK REGIMENT'S LAST RECRUITS PASS OUT
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THE GOVERNOR, THE RT HON CHRISTOPHER PATTEN, THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING OFFICIATED AT THE PASSING-OUT PARADE OF THE LAST RECRUIT CADRE OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (VOLUNTEERS).
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HAD
THE
PAYING TRIBUTES TO THE LAST CADRE OF 175 RECRUITS BEFORE THE REGIMENT'S DISBANDMENT IN 1995, THE GOVERNOR SAID THEIR PARADE SHOWED
THEY HAD LIVED UP TO THE FINEST TRADITIONS OF REGIMENT.
THAT
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"MANY PEOPLE TODAY WILL BE PROUD OF YOU, YOUR EMPLOYERS, FAMILIES AND YOUR INSTRUCTORS, MR PATTEN SAID.
YOUR
"I WOULD LIKE, FIRST OF ALL, TO THANK YOUR EMPLOYERS FOR RECOGNISING THE IMPORTANCE OF GIVING YOU THE TIME TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE REGIMENT WHICH DOES SO MUCH FOR HONG KONG.
"SECOND, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOUR FAMILIES FOR DOING WITHOUT YOU FOR WEEKENDS AND EVENINGS, FOR SUPPORTING YOU AND FOR GIVING YOU ENCOURAGEMENT.
"AND I
INSTRUCTORS.
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WOULD LIKE, AS WELL, TO THANK AND CONGRATULATE YOUR
AFTER INSPECTING THE PARADE, THE GOVERNOR PRESENTED AWARDS THE BEST RECRUITS, THE BEST SHOTS AND THE BEST TROOP.
THE 175 RECRUITS WHO PASSED OUT TODAY COMPRISED 141 34 FEMALES WHO HAD COMPLETED NINE MONTHS' BASIC TRAINING WEAPON HANDLING AND SHOOTING, WITH MANY OF THEM ACHIEVING STANDARDS.
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MALES AND ON DRILL, VERY HIGH
HUNTING OF WILD BIRDS ILLEGAL
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HUNTING OF WILD BIRDS IN HONG KONG IS PROHIBITED WILD ANIMALS PROTECTION ORDINANCE, THE AGRICULTURE AND DEPARTMENT'S (AFD) SENIOR CONSERVATION OFFICER, MR CHEUNG SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
UNDER THE
FISHERIES MAN-KWONG,
FINED IN MARCH
MR CHEUNG MADE THE REMINDER AFTER TWO MEN WERE EACH $3,000 RECENTLY FOR ILLEGALLY HUNTING 42 BIRDS IN YUEN LONG THIS YEAR.
THE CASE WAS UNCOVERED BY POLICE IN THE 19, WHEN TWO MEN, AGED 24 AND 31, WERE DETECTIVES AT PAK SHA TSUEN, YUEN LONG.
OF
EARLY HOURS
MARCH STOPPED BY YUEN LONG
SUBSEQUENT ENQUIRIES REVEALED THAT THE TWO MEN HAD EARLIER HUNTED DOWN 42 BIRDS WITH AIR RIFLES IN THE AREA.
MR CHEUNG SAID: "UNDER THE WILD ANIMALS PROTECTION SELLING OR POSSESSION OF LOCALLY CAUGHT WILD BIRDS IS ALSO AND OFFENDERS MAY FACE A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF $5,000
CONVICTION.'
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ORDINANCE, PROHIBITED
FINE
UPON
/APART FROM