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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1985

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REMINDER ON ENDANGERED SPECIES

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PEOPLE GOING ON HOLIDAY WERE REMINDED TODAY BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT NOT TO BRING BACK WITH THEM ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS.

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

THE WARNING WAS GIVEN AS A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WERE EXPECTED TO VISIT CHINA AND OTHER PLACES IN THE COMING EASTER HOLIDAYS, HE SAID.

EDUCATION INDICATORS SET OUT

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A SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE ON INDICATORS IN EDUCATION IS CONTAINED IN THE MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS FOR JANUARY 1985, JUST PUBLISHED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE REVIEW COMPRISES THREE PARTS.

PART I COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS, INCLUDING CLIMATE, POPULATION, LABOUR, PRODUCTION, TRADE, FOOD SUPPLIES, TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATIONS, SERVICES, TOURISM, HOUSING, FINANCE, CONSTRUCTION, SOCIAL WELFARE AND ENERGY.

PART 11 PROVIDES ANALYTICAL TABLES SHOWING SPECIAL STATISTICS ON POPULATION, EDUCATION AND NATIONAL ACCOUNT.

PART II DELINEATES INDEXES IN EDUCATION, OFFERING READERS A SUMMARY OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM AND SUB-SYSTEMS FROM THE PERIOD 1978 TO 1983. THE REPORT IS ON SALE AT $25 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG.

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