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(b)
Neither the Administration nor the Hongkong Clearing has any information or statistics available to assess whether the above situation has resulted in individual investors choosing stock brokers with a banking background for transaction of stocks. In any case, it is difficult to determine whether direct investor participation in CCASS, or the absence of it, would lead to a shift of business between brokers with banking background and those without. This is so because when choosing a broking agent, an investor will normally consider a number of factors, including the agent's charges, the qualify and scope of services provided, price quotation and order execution, familiarity with the agent and the reputation of the agent.
Bird shooting in Mai Po
Following is a question by the Hon Leung Yiu-chung and a written reply by the Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands, Mr Bowen Leung, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
Recently there have been reports about the shooting of protected wild birds in the Mai Po Marshes. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:
(a)
when such incidents first came to the attention of the authorities concerned, and of the estimated number of protected wild birds which have been shot dead so far; and;
(b)
what measures have been put in place by the authorities concerned to prevent the recurrence of such incidents in the future?