FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1994
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NORTH DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN ELECTED
MR TANG KWOK-YUNG WAS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AT ITS MEETING TODAY (FRIDAY).
NORTH DISTRICT
HE DEFEATED ANOTHER CANDIDATE MR RAYMOND PANG HANG-YIN BY EIGHT TO SEVEN VOTES.
FOR-TAI
THE
MR KAN PING-CHEE ALSO BEAT ANOTHER CANDIDATE MR CHEUNG EIGHT TO SEVEN VOTES TO BECOME REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BOARD TO REGIONAL COUNCIL.
BY
COMMITTEES WERE
CHUNG-PING
THREE CHAIRMEN OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD'S ALSO ELECTED. THEY ARE MR HAU KAM-LAM OF THE DISTRICT DEVELOPMENT AND
WAN
OF COMMITTER;
THE MR IMPROVEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL RECREATION, CULTURE AND SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE; AND MR TANG KUN-NIN OF TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEE.
0
MEDICINES CLAIMING TO CONTAIN TIGER INGREDIENTS SEIZED
BASED
ON AND
INFORMATION FISHERIES
THE
SEIZED
BY PROVIDED
CUSTOMS, DEPARTMENT (AFD)
A AGRICULTURE QUANTITY OF MEDICINES CLAIMING TO CONTAIN TIGER INGREDIENTS IN OPERATIONS IN THE PAST FEW DAYS.
THE
LARGE
TWO
AFD SENIOR CONSERVATION OFFICER MR CHAN PING-KWONG SAID THE TWO OPERATIONS RESULTED IN THE SEIZURE OF OVER 20,000 PACKETS OF MEDICINES CLAIMING TO CONTAIN TIGER INGREDIENTS WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF OVER $542,000.
THE FIRST OPERATION WAS MOUNTED FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL INTERCEPTION BY THE CUSTOMS OF THREE POSTAL SHIPMENT CARTONS OF TIGER MEDICINES (948 PACKETS) FROM MALAYSIA ON OCTOBER 1 DURING A CHECK THE GOODS AT THE GENERAL POST OFFICE.
BASED
OF
THE
ON THESE INFORMATION, STAFF FISHERIES DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A SEARCH ON OCTOBER 4 AT BELIEVED TO BE THE OFFICE OF THE CONSIGNEE AND SEIZED A TOTAL
OF TIGER MEDICINES,
PACKETS TWO PACKETS
OF 20,500 MEDICINES AND TWO VIALS OF CLAIMED BEAR GALL BLADDER POWDER.
ON
AGRICULTURE A
AND PREMISES
OF
RHINO/TIGER
INVESTIGATIONS
ON THE CONSIGNEE ARE STILL CONTINUING, MR
CHAN
SAID.
THE SECOND OPERATION WAS CONDUCTED JOINTLY EARLY THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING AFTER A PERIOD OF OBSERVATION ON A WHO WAS FOUND BY THE CUSTOMS AT LOWU CHECKPOINT IN JULY FOR IN 99 PACKETS OF TIGER MEDICINES WHEN RETURNING FROM CHINA.
THE WITH
POLICE
WOMAN
BRINGING
WOMAN
AT 6.50 AM TODAY, POLICE AND AFD OFFICERS STOPPED THE SUSPECTED SEIZED HAWKER AT THE TAK TIN STREET BUS TERMINUS, LAM TIN, AND FROM HER 21 PACKETS OF TIGER MEDICINES.
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