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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1985

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BUS SERVICE TO BE WITHDRAWN

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KMB ROUTE 5M OPERATING BETWEEN TSIM SHA TSUI MTR STATION AND TS IM SHA TSUI EAST WILL BE WITHDRAWN AS FROM SATURDAY (FEBRUARY 16), DUE TO LOW PATRONAGE.

TO COMPENSATE FOR THE CANCELLATION, THE ROUTE ING FOR MAXICAB NUMBER 1 WILL BE REVISED FROM THE SAME DAY. THE CIRCULAR SERVICE WILL OPERATE FROM TSIM SHA TSUI MTR STATION VIA HAIPHONG ROAD, HUMPHREYS AVENUE, CARNARVON ROAD, CORNWALL AVENUE, MODY ROAD, SCIENCE MUSEUM ROAD, GRANVILLE ROAD, CHATHAM ROAD SOUTH, CAMERON ROAD, CARNARVON ROAD, NATHAN ROAD, SALISBURY ROAD, STAR FERRY CONCOURSE, SALISBURY ROAD, HANKOW ROAD AND HAIPHONG ROAD,

ADDITIONAL VEHICLES WILL BE DEPLOYED ON THE SERVICE IF

NECESSARY.

TRAVELLERS REMINDED ABOUT ANIMAL IMPORTS

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AN AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN REMINDED HOLIDAY-MAKERS TODAY THAT IT WAS AN OFFENCE TO BRING ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS OR PLANTS BACK TO HONG KONG.

HE NOTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A DRASTIC INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ILLEGAL IMPORTATION OF THESE ANIMALS OR PLANTS.

LAST MONTH, THERE WERE 101 CASES OF ILLEGAL IMPORTATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS INTO HONG KONG, RESULTING IN THE SEIZURE OF 153 HAWKS, 14 OWLS, THREE LEOPARD CATS, TWO PANGOLINS, ONE MONKEY AND 25 KILOGRAMS OF PANGOLIN MEAT.

THIS COMPARED WITH 24 CASES IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH WHEN 25 HAWKS, THREE OWLS, THREE LEOPARD CATS, FOUR PANGOLINS AND 7.7 KILOGRAMS OF PANGOLIN MEAT WERE SEIZED.

UNDER THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE, OFFENDERS WERE LIABLE TO A FINE OF $5 000 ON CONVICTION FOR THE FIRST OFFENCE AND $10 000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT FOR SUBSEQUENT OFFENCES.

AS THOUSANDS OF HONG KONG PEOPLE WERE EXPECTED TO VISIT CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES DURING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS THE SPOKESMAN URGED THEM NOT TO BRING BACK ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS OR PLANTS TO AVOID UNNECESSARY TROUBLES.