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TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1993

ILLEGAL IMPORT AND POSSESSION OF

CONNECTION WITH

LAST YEAR,

OF

HE SAID THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 297 SEIZURES IN

ENDANGERED SPECIES WHICH 38 WERE RELATED TO ILLEGAL IMPORT OF STONY CORALS.

OTHER ENDANGERED SPECIES

INVOLVED WERE MAINLY PARROTS, BIRD-WINGED BUTTERFLIES, STUFFED SEA TURTLES, CROCODILES {STUFFED SPECIMENS AND THEIR MEAT), PANGOLINS, OWLS, BIRDS OF PREY, SLOW LORIS, GIANT SALAMANDER, WILD ORCHIDS AND IVORY.

ARE LIABLE то A MAXIMUM

PLUS SIX MONTH'S

FINE OF IMPRISONMENT

ON CONVICTION, OFFENDERS $25,000 ON FIRST OFFENCE AND $50,000 FOR A REPEATED OFFENCE.

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NEW ACAN SETUP ANNOUNCED

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WONG, TODAY

THE ACTING COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MS ANISSA (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCED THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD APPOINTED AND 10 MEMBERS TO THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS ADVISORY BODY ON ANTI-DRUG POLICY AND PROGRAMMES IN HONG KONG.

RE-APPOINTED (ACAN), THE

THE APPOINTMENTS AND RE-APPPOINTMENTS TAKE EFFECT FROM JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS.

THE NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBERS ARE THE HON JAMES TO KUN-SUN; JUSTEIN WONG; AND MR EDWARD PONG CHONG.

MR

THE RE-APPOINTED MEMBERS ARE MRS PEGGY LAM PEI YU-DJA; DR EDWARD LEONG CHE-HUNG; MR ALBERT CHAN WAI-YIP; PROFESSOR CHEN CHAR-NEI; MR LUKE YIP JING-PING; MISS JOYCE CHANG SAU-HAN; AND MRS EVA KO LI BIK-CHI.

ACAN WILL ALSO BE MODIFIED THIS YEAR TO COMPRISE LARGELY NON-OFFICIAL MEMBERS, AND ALL OF THE OFFICIAL MEMBERS, EXCEPT THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS AND DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, WILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM ACAN AS FROM JANUARY THIS YEAR.

OTHER OFFICIALS WILL ATTEND THE ACAN WHEN REQUIRED.

UNDER THE NEW STRUCTURE, ACAN WILL HAVE THREE SUB-COMMITTEES, NAMELY, TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION; PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY; AND RESEARCH

A NEW SUB-COMMITTEE TO CO-ORDINATE RESEARCH INTO DRUG-RELATED MATTERS,

IN ADDITION, A COMMITTEE, UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, CALLED DRUG CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, IS TO BE FORMED.

IT WILL PROVIDE A PORUM FOR REGULAR MEETINGS WITH ALL OF THOSE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WHO ARE INVOLVED IN TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION, RESEARCH AND PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND TO REFLECT THEIR VIEWS ΤΟ ACAN OR ONE OF ITS SUB-COMMITTEES,

/PROFESSOR CHEN