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SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 1994
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THE CHAIRMAN, MR RONALD JOSEPH ARCULLI, AND MEMBERS MISS ADA YING-KAY AND MR PAUL FAN CHOR-HO HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED TO SERVE FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS FROM JANUARY 1.
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THE VICE-CHAIRMAN, MR CHAU CHAM-SON, AND MEMBER DR LINDA KOO HAVE ALSO BEEN REAPPOINTED. MR CHAU WILL SERVE FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS WHILE DR KOO FOR ANOTHER YEAR, BOTH WITH EFFECT FROM FEBRUARY 1.
THE SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED ΤΟ HONG KONG IN 1961, OBJECTIVE OF ENCOURAGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO MAKE GOOD USE LEISURE TIME THROUGH VARIOUS ADVENTUROUS ACTIVITIES.
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POSSESSING ENDANGERED ANIMAL PARTS ILLEGAL
POSSESSING OR TRADING OF ENDANGERED ANIMAL PARTS OR CLAIMED ANIMAL PARTS IS AGAINST THE LAW. OFFENDERS COULD FACE HEAVY PENALTY UPON CONVICTION.
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THE REMINDER WAS ISSUED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE AGRICULTURE FISHERIES DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR CONSERVATION OFFICER, MR CHAN JEE-KEUNG, AFTER A 37-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS FINED $4,000 BY A NORTH KOWLOON MAGISTRATE LATE LAST MONTH FOR ILLEGALLY POSSESSING SEVEN CLAIMED TIGER PENISES.
UNDER THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE, IT IS AN OFFENCE TO IMPORT, EXPORT OR POSSESS ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES WITHOUT THE PRIOR PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES.
MR CHAN SAID THE CONTROL ALSO COVERED ITEMS CLAIMED TO BE ENDANGERED SPECIES.
"FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS MAY RESULT IN MAXIMUM FINE OF $25,000 ON THE FIRST OFFENCE AND $50,000 PLUS SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT FOR A REPEATED OFFENCE," HE SAID.
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AT PRESENT, MORE THAN 8,000 SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS, WHETHER ALIVE, DEAD, STUFFED SPECIMEN, PARTS OR DERIVATIVES SUCH AS SKINS, MEAT, SCALE, IVORY AND HORN, ARE LISTED IN THE ORDINANCE.
THE CASE WAS UNCOVERED ON SEPTEMBER 9 LAST YEAR WHEN AN OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT INSPECTED A GINSENG SHOP IN MONG KOK.. SEVEN PIECES OF CLAIMED TIGER PENIS WERE SEIZED FROM THE SHOP.
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