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FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1988

TENDERS INVITED FOR IVORY TUSKS AND ANIMAL SKINS

THE

GOVERNMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR

OP COLLECTION AND DERIVATIVES CONFISCATED FROM ENDANGERED SPECIES PARTS

ILLEGAL

OVER THE LAST IMPORTERS

THREE YEARS AS A RESULT OF STRINGENT ENFORCEMENT ACTION UNDER THE HONG KONG CONSERVATION LAW.

A

A NOTICE ON THE TENDER, WHICH CLOSES AT NOON WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).

ON

FEBRUARY

26,

THE

COLLECTION,

VALUED

MILLION,

$1.6 APPROXIMATELY AT

SKINS, SIX COMPRISES 638 PIECES OF IVORY TUSKS, NINE PIECES OF LYNX

18 PIECES PIECES OF WILD CAT SKIN PLATES, 96 PIECES OF OTTER SKINS,

ALLIGATOR/CROCODILE SKINS,

1,208 OF RED DEER ANTLERS, 250 PIECES OF PIECES OF MONITOR LIZARD SKINS AND 246 PIECES OF PYTHON SKINS.

ARE

KG 239.2

OF IVORY ALSO INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTION PIECES, 81.2 KG OF IVORY SCRAPS AND 2.9 KG OF WILD AMERICAN GINSENG.

CUT

CUSTODY OF

CROCODILE SKINS ARE AT SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT WHILE THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES THE

THE MAIN BULK OF THE IVORY TUSKS AND PRESENT BEING KEPT IN THE GOVERNMENT REMAINDER ARE DEPARTMENT.

THE IN

OF THE FAUNA

ALL THESE ITEMS ARE SPECIMENS LISTED UNDER APPENDIX II CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD

FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES MAY BE AND FLORA (CITES), FOR WHICH TRADE ALLOWED, SUBJECT TO LICENSING CONTROL.

FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS WILL LEAD PROSECUTION AND MANDATORY FORFEITURE OF THE SPECIMENS.

TENDER, THE

SENIOR

ALL

TO

CONSERVATION CHEUNG,

OF THE ANNOUNCING DETAILS OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR M.K. SAID THE AIM OF THE SALE WAS TO PUT

SEIZED

TO USES WHICH WERE CONSISTENT WITH THE SPIRIT OF INTERNATIONAL CONSERVATION.

SPECIMENS

THE TENDER, MR CHEUNG EMPHASISED, WAS IN ACCORDANCE WITH KONG'S ENDANGERED SPECIES CITES GUIDELINES AND WAS ENDORSED BY HONG ADVISORY COMMITTEE WHICH ADVISES THE GOVERNMENT ON THE

ANIMALS AND PLANTS OF THE

OF (PROTECTION

ORDINANCE.

ADMINISTRATION ENDANGERED SPECIES)

THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE WILL GO TO GOVERNMENT REVENUE.

BID

WHICH "THE SALE,

IS CONDUCTED BY THE GOVERNMENT SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT, IS OPEN TO ANY INTERESTED TENDERER WHO IS REQUIRED TO FOR THESE ITEMS IN LOTS AS STIPULATED IN THE TENDER SCHEDULE.

TENDERS UNDER

THE

CENTRAL TENDER

"THEY ARE GIVEN FIVE WEEKS TO SUBMIT THEIR COVER OF AN ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE

BOARD.

/"THE SUCCESSFUL