TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1994
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PUBLIC REMINDED NOT TO BRING IN ENDANGERED SPECIES
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC VISITING CHINA AND OVERSEAS COUNTRIES DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS ARE REMINDED NOT TO BRING BACK ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES OR MEDICINE CONTAINING OR CLAIMING ΤΟ CONTAIN TIGER OR RHINO INGREDIENTS ON THEIR RETURN TO HONG KONG.
"THE PROHIBITION ON THE IMPORT AND EXPORT OF MEDICINE CONTAINING OR CLAIMING TO CONTAIN TIGER INGREDIENTS HAS ALREADY COME INTO EFFECT AT THE END OF LAST MONTH," THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR CONSERVATION OFFICER, MR CHAN JEE-KRUNG, SAID
TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE NEW CONTROL ALSO COVERS ALL SPECIES OF BLADDERS, BILE, AND BILE POWDER.
BEARS, THEIR GALL
TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE RESTRICTIONS UNDER THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE, THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DISPLAYING LARGE NUMBER OF POSTERS AT KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY POSTER SITES AND TUBE CARDS INSIDE THE TRAINS SINCE EARLY THIS MONTH.
THESE ARE SUPPLEMENTED BY
GOVERNMENT'S
ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE
PUBLIC INTEREST ON TELEVISION AND RADIO.
ON THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE, MR CHAN SAID BOTH THE CUSTOMS AND ΤΟ HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD STEP UP CONTROL MEASURES AT ALL ENTRY POINTS CHECK TRAVELLERS AND GOODS VEHICLES DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
ENDANGERED
"ANYONE WHO TRIES TO BRING IN WITHOUT A LICENCE ANY SPECIES, INCLUDING LIVE AND STUFFED SPECIMENS AS WELL AS PARTS AND DERIVATIVES, WILL BE PROSECUTED.
MR CHAN SAID THERE HAD BEEN 426 SEIZURES IN CONNECTION WITH ILLEGAL IMPORT AND POSSESSION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES LAST YEAR.
THE SRIZED ITEMS WERE MAINLY MEDICINE CLAIMING ΤΟ CONTAIN RHINO INGREDIENTS, CLAIMED TIGER PARTS, CROCODILE MEAT, PANGOLIN SCALE, STUFFED SEA TURTLES, LIVE SLOW LORIS, FUR SKINS, SNAKES AND THEIR SKINS AS WELL AS WILD ORCHIDS.
AND
BECAUSE THE LEGISLATION COVERS A GREAT VARIETY OF ANIMALS
ADVISED THE PUBLIC PLANTS, MR CHAN
ΤΟ CHECK
WITH CAREFULLY
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT ON TELEPHONE 733 2282 WHEN IN DOUBT.
HE REITERATED THAT IT WAS AN OFFENCE ΤΟ IMPORT, EXPORT OR POSSESS ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION
THE OF DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES.
IN A
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS MAY RESULT MAXIMUM FINE OF $25,000 ON FIRST CONVICTION AND $50,000 PLUS SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT FOR A REPEATED OFFENCE, MR CHAN SAID.
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