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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1993

OVER 1,000 SUCH CHECKS HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT IN THE FIRST QUARTERS OF THIS YEAR.

THREE

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CLAIMING AS A RESULT, 34 SMALL PACKETS OF CHINESE MEDICINE

OF MEDICINES CONTAIN RHINO PRODUCTS WERE SEIZED AND FOUR SMALL VIALS CLAIMING TO CONTAIN RHINO INGREDIENTS WERE SEIZED. PROSECUTION OF THE TWO CASES INVOLVED WERE IN PROGRESS.

ALSO ACTING ON INFORMATION, THE DEPARTMENT

SEIZED TWO RHINO MEDICINE HORNS AND 76 BOXES OF CHINESE

CLAIMING то

RHINO CONTAIN

PRODUCTS FROM THREE SHOPS THIS MORNING.

ASIA

IN

THE

WITH то

ILLEGAL IN REPONSE TO RECENT REPORTS OF

RHINO TRADE THE REGION AND IN HONG KONG,

DEPARTMENT WILL MEET REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY TOMORROW DISCUSS THE PROBLEM.

"WE WILL TRY OUR BEST TO CO-OPERATE WITH THE AGENCY AND FOLLOW

ACTION UP ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THEM, ENFORCEMENT

AGAINST SUCH ILLEGAL TRADE WILL BE STEPPED UP," MR LAU SAID.

HE ADDED THAT THE DEPARTMENT WOULD ALSO REVIEW THE GOVERNMENT ENFORCEMENT METHODS WITH A VIEW TO ACHIEVING BETTER RESULTS.

USE OR TO PROTECT

TO MEMBERS OF MR LAU APPEALED

THE PUBLIC NOT TO PURCHASE MEDICINE CLAIMED TO CONTAIN RHINO PRODUCT SO AS THESE ENDANGERED SPECIES.

THERE MIGHT ALSO BE

A CHANCE

THAT THESE PRODUCTS DID NOT

CONTAIN RHINO INGREDIENTS.

ILLEGAL RHINO AND FISHERIES APPROPRIATE

HE ALSO URGED ANYONE WHO HAD ANY INFORMATION ON TRADE TO PROVIDE SUCH INFORMATION TO THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT OR THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT SO THAT ACTION COULD BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY TO CURB THESE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.

PLANTS

(PROTECTION LAU SAID 181 SEIZURES CONDUCTED IN THE FIRST

OF

AND ON THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ANIMALS ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE IN GENERAL, MR HAD BEEN MADE AND 100 PROSECUTIONS HAD BEEN THREE QUARTERS OF THIS YEAR.

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