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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1994
A SUBSEQUENT SEARCH ON HER PREMISES RESULTED IN THE SEIZURE ANOTHER 101 PACKETS OF THE SAME PROHIBITED ITEMS.
OF
ONCE
THE WOMAN IS EXPECTED TO BE CHARGED WITH RELATED OFFENCES INVESTIGATIONS ARE COMPLETED.
AND
COMMENTING ON THE CASES, MR CHAN SAID THE AFD WOULD CONTINUE TO ENFORCEMENT OVER WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CUSTOMS AND POLICE ON THEIR
AND RHINO THE ILLEGAL
EXPORT IMPORT,
POSSESSION
OF
TIGER
MEDICINES.
HE
POINTED OUT
THAT
SPECIAL
ATTENTION
WOULD
BE
PAID TERRITORY,
то
DIFFERENT WAYS OF SMUGGLING THE PROHIBITED ITEMS INTO THE SUCH AS POSTAL CONSIGNMENT.
MR CHAN REITERATED THAT THE BAN ON IMPORT AND EXPORT TIGER MEDICINES HAD BECOME EFFECTIVE SINCE JANUARY THIS YEAR.
OF ALL
UNDER THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) EXPORTING ORDINANCE, PEOPLE FOUND GUILTY OF POSSESSING, IMPORTING AND ENDANGERED ITEMS WOULD BE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $25,000 ON
SIX OFFENCE AND
OF FINE A FIRST
$50,000 PLUS IMPRISONMENT ON SUBSEQNENT OFFENCES.
MAXIMUM
THE
MONTHS
HE SAID CONSIDERATION WAS BEING MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATION INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY THE PENALTIES.
TO
INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FOR SECOND QUARTER 1994
QUARTER OF THE INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FOR THE SECOND
SAME QUARTER LAST THIS YEAR DECREASED MARGINALLY BY 0.8% OVER THE YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
A DECREASE
8.0% WAS RECORDED IN OF
THE
BY
GROUP INDUSTRY
OF WITHIN CHEMICALS, RUBBER, PLASTIC AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS.
RECORDED A NOTABLE THIS GROUP, THE PRODUCTION OF PLASTIC PRODUCTS
DECREASE OF 17.9%.
PRODUCTION OF THE
TEXTILE (INCLUDING
DECREASED BY 5.4%.
KNITTING) INDUSTRY
IN THE INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL
A SMALL DECREASE OF 1.3% WAS ALSO RECORDED OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT AND OPTICAL GOODS.
GROUP
WITHIN THIS GROUP, THE PRODUCTION
OF MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT,
BY 1.8% WHEREAS THE INCREASED COMPONENTS APPARATUS, PARTS AND PRODUCTION OF CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS DECREASED BY 3.9%.
NEVERTHELESS, MODERATE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PRODUCTS AND PRINTING INDUSTRY GROUP (6.0%) AND BASIC FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (4.3%).
THE PAPER METALS
AND
/OUTPUT OF