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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1935

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WARNING AGAINST IMPORT OF ENDANGERED SPECIES

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THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) REITERATED ITS APPEAL TO HOLIDAY MAKERS RETURNING TO HONG KONG NOT TO BRING BACK ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS, OR THEIR STUFFED SPECIMENS.

A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT DESPITE REPEATED WARNINGS AND CONTINUING PUBLICITY, ILLEGAL IMPORTATIONS OF ENDANGERED ANIMALS REMAINED HIGH.

+ IN THE PAST 11 MONTHS, THERE WERE 457 SUCH CASES OF ILLEGAL IMPORTATIONS WITH THE MOST COMMON ITEMS SEIZED BEING HAWKS, KESTRELS, OWLS, PANGOL IN, AND STUFFED SPECIMENS OF SEA TURTLES AND CROCODILES.

+THIS REPRESENTS MORE THAN A TWO-FOLD INCREASE OVER 205

CASES FOR THE SAME PERIOD IN 1984, + HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN WARNED THAT THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE PROVIDED FOR A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5 000 ON CONVICTION FOR A FIRST OFFENCE, AND $10 000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT FOR A REPEATED OFFENCE.

+DURING THE COMING FESTIVE SEASON, TEN OF THOUSANDS OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO VISIT OTHER COUNTRIES.

+ IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO REMEMBER NOT TO BRING BACK ANY PROTECTED ANIMALS AND PLANTS, OR THE IR SPECIMENS, SO AS TO AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY INCONVENIENCE AND PROSECUTION,+ HE SAID.

TUEN MUN SEMINAR ON CIVIC EDUCATION ****

A SEMINAR ON CIVIC EDUCATION FOR YOUNGSTERS IN TUEN MUN WILL BE HELD AT THE ON TING YAU 01 COMMUNITY CENTRE AT 7.45 PM TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

DISTRICT

THE SEMINAR, WHICH IS PART OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ADMINISTRATION - YOUTH CIVIC EDUCATION CAMP+, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TUEN MUN DISTRICT OFFICE, TÜEN MUN 1985 IYY ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND THE TUEN MUN GROUP AND COMMUNITY COORDINATING COMMITTEE.

A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HONG KONG AFFAIRS SOCIETY. MR WONG VIU-CHUNG, WILL TALK ON DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND THE CHANGING

STEFTY PÉ HONG KONG

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