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TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1988
PUBLIC ADVISED NOT TO FEED OR TEASE MONKEYS
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) REITERATED ITS ADVICE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THEY SHOULD NOT FERD, TEASE OR DISTURB ANY MONKEY IN THE WILD.
THE REMINDER FOLLOWED A REPORT RECEIVED
YESTERDAY
CONCERNING FEED IT IN
A GIRL WHO WAS SCRATCHED BY A MONKEY WHEN SHE TRIED ΤΟ WOODS NEAR A SEK KONG VILLAGE.
THE DEPARTMENT'S CONSERVATION OFFICER, MR RICHARD CHAN, SAID THAT SUCH ACTS MIGHT SOMETIMES RESULT IN INJURY AND EVEN POSE A RISK OF DISKASE.
"PEOPLE WHO FEED MONKEYS ARE, IN FACT, DOING INJUSTICE TO THE ANIMALS AS HABITUAL FEEDING MAY EVENTUALLY DEPRIVE THE MONKEYS OF THEIR NATURAL INSTINCT AND ABILITY TO FIND FOOD IN THE WILD. HE ADDED.
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FURTHERMORE, MR CHAN SAID, WHEN ACCUSTOMED TO BEING FED BY HUMANS, MONKEYS WOULD DEVELOP A TENDENCY то SOLICIT FOOD FROM PASSERS-BY AND THIS COULD ULTIMATELY CREATE A NUISANCE.
HE POINTED OUT THAT IN THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
MONKEYS SHOULD
BE ABLE TO FIND SUFFICIENT FOOD FOR THEMSELVES.
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IT IS THEREFORE FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY AND THE WELL-BEING OF THE MONKEYS, THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD LEAVE THESE ANIMALS ALONE AND NOT DISTURB THEM, MR CHAN EMPHASISED.
TSUEN WAN TRAFFIC CHANGES FOR ROUTE 5 CONSTRUCTION
5.
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED THAT TO FACIL STRUCTION
ROUTE
A SERIPA OF TRAFFIC AND ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN SHIFK WAI ROK AND
IN TSUEN WAN FRON 10 AM ON FRIDAY (JULY 1).
APPAR
ATE 108 TRANSPORT
SHAN
UNDER THE ARRANGEMENTS, WHICH WILL BE IN FORCE FOR ABOUT FIGHT MONTHS, TEXACO ROAD NORTH ARTWEEN TSUEN KAM INTERCHANGE AND SAING MUN ROAD WILL BE COMPLETELY CLOSED TO TRAFFIC.
HOWEVER, THE SECTION OF WAI TSUEN ROAD BETWEEN TSUPH KAM INTERCHANGE AND SHER WAT ROR ROAD WILL BE CONNECTED WITH TEXACO ROAD NORTH AY A NEW LINK ROAD AND WILL BE REOPENED TO TRAFFIC.
/CHEUNG SILAN
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