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SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1989

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REGISTRATION OF IVORY STOCKS TO START

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THE AGRICULTURE

AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TRADERS CALLED ON LOCAL IVORY

FOR THEIR FULL GOVERNMENT EXERCISE TO REGISTER ALL IVORY STOCKS

THE TERRITORY.

TODAY (SATURDAY) CO-OPERATION IN A CURRENTLY HELD IN

SENIOR CONSERVATION

THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICER, MR M.K. CHEUNG, IN A CIRCULAR LETTER ΤΟ ALL IVORY TRADERS

EXERCISE ABOUT THE REGISTRATION

BEING CONDUCTED IN AN EFFORT MONITOR THE EXISTING IVORY STOCKS AND THEIR TRADE MORE EFFECTIVELY.

TO

"THE REGISTRATION WILL COVER ALL IVORY STOCKS INCLUDING RAW

OF AND WORKED IVORY BUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PERSONAL ITEMS

WORKED

IVORY, MR CHEUNG SAID.

IVORY

"ALL IVORY TUSKS AND LARGE CUT PIECES WILL BE MARKED IN ACCORDANCE WITH

WITH THE

CONTROL PROCEDURE LAID

BY DOWN

THE FAUNA CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES OF WILD AND FLORA (CITES),'

CLI

IVORY A REPORT WITHIN 14 DAYS ON THE

PROCESS,

PHASE DURING THE FIRST

OF THE REGISTRATION TRADERS WERE REQUESTED TO CHECK THEIR IVORY STOCKS AND MAKE TO THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT PRESCRIBED FORM PROVIDED. HE SAID.

"

"NIL RETURN IS REQUIRED, HE ADDED.

UPON RECEIPT OF RETURNS FROM TRADERS,

INDIVIDUAL TRADERS

IVORY STOCKS HELD BY

PHYSICAL

ВЕ WILL

INSPECTION OF CARRIED OUT BY DEPARTMENT STAFF WHO WILL PROVIDE DETAILS OF THE MARKINGS REQUIRED FOR THE TUSKS AND CUT PIECES AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION.

MR CHEUNG SAID THE REGISTRATION WAS THE FIRST IN MEASURES DESIGNED TO ENHANCE CONTROL ON THE IVORY TRADE.

A SERIES OF

OF "APART FROM THE MORATORIUM ANNOUNCED ON JUNE 16 ON IMPORTS

NOTICE,

IS URGENT ACTION RAW IVORY UNTIL FURTHER

BEING TAKEN TO ESTABLISH A COMPUTER DATA BASE OF ALL REGISTERED IVORY," HE SAID.

IN ADDITION, MR

OUT, A PROPOSAL WAS BEING

CHEUNG POINTED

A

LICENCE POSSESSION

FORMULATED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO REQUIRE

ENDANGERED THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF FOR THE HOLDING OF ANY COMMERCIAL QUANTITY OF IVORY.

SPECIES)

UNDER ORDINANCE

"DETAILS OF THIS NEW REQUIREMENT WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN DUE COURSE," HE ADDED.

WEST

ANY IVORY MR CHEUNG ALSO ADVISED IVORY TRADERS NOT TO ARRANGE SHIPMENT TO THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN, UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE AND

IN ALL GERMANY AS THEY HAD ALREADY IMPOSED A BAN ON IMPORTS OF IVORY FORMS.

THESE "NO IVORY EXPORT TO UNLESS AND UNTIL CONFIRMATION HAS BEEN CONCERNED THAT THE IMPORT BAN HAS BEEN LIFTED," HE SAID.

COUNTRIES SHOULD BE CONTEMPLATED RECEIVED FROM THE COUNTRIES

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