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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1976

COMMITTEE TO ADVISE ON ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD LIFE

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FOLLOWING THE ENACTMENT OF THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE, THE GOVERNOR HAS APPOINTED AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ADVISE THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE, INCLUDING ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF FLORA AND FAUNA, AND ON THE PROTECTION OF WILD LIFE IN HONG KONG,

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE PROFESSOR L.B. THROWER, PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG- DR. B.S. MORTON, READER IN MARINE BIOLOGY AT THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY= MR. S.T. FONG, A HIGHLY EXPERIENCED COMMERCIAL FURRIER- MR. J.D. ROMER, CURATOR OF MAMMALS AT THE BOTANICAL AND ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS AND A LEADING AUTHORITY IN HONG KONG ON SNAKES- DR. W.L. CHAN, A RESEARCH SCIENTIST AND ICHTHYOLOGIST AND MR. D.S. MELVILLE, AN ORNITHOLOGIST CURRENTLY WORKING ON BIRDSTRIKE HAZARD TO AIRCRAFT.

THE ORDINANCE AIMS TO PROTECT FROM COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION THOSE RARE SPECIES OF WILD LIFE THAT ARE IN DANGER OF EXTERMINATION, BY MEANS OF RESTRICTING THE IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION AND POSSESSION OF SUCH SPECIES.

THE ORDINANCE HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR HONG KONG, SUBJECT TO RESERVATIONS WITH REGARD TO THE CONTROL OF TRADE IN IVORY AND REPTILE SKINS, TO BE INCLUDED AS A PARTY TO THE CONVENTION UNDER THE UNITED KINGDOM'S INSTRUMENT OF RATIFICATION. SO FAR 32 COUNTRIES HAVE RATIFIED THE CONVENTION.

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