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MONDAY, JULY 25, 1994

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CNTA OFFERING TEMPORARY SHELTERS

THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HAS NOW OPENED 34 TEMPORARY SHELTERS FOR PEOPLE IN NEED OF TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION.

BEFORE MIDNIGHT TODAY (MONDAY), 380 PEOPLE ARE STAYING IN THESE SHELTERS, WITH 336 IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN, 15 IN WAN CHAI, THREE IN SOUTHERN DISTRICT, THREE IN EASTERN, EIGHT IN YUEN LONG, FIVE IN NORTH DISTRICT, 10 IN SHA TIN.

A TOTAL OF 59 PEOPLE FROM 11 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED FOLLOWING A WALL COLLAPSE AT 6 KENNEDY STREET, WAN CHAI, THIS

AFTERNOON.

THEY ARE NOW TEMPORARILY STAYING AT THE NEARBY HENNESSY ROAD GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL.

WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF ARE CONTINUING ΤΟ OFFER ASSISTANCE AND A SPECIAL HOTLINE - 835 1996 - HAS BEEN SET UP TO DEAL WITH ENQUIRIES RELATED TO THIS INCIDENT.

MEANWHILE, 356 FAMILIES OF BLOCKS C AND D OF KWUN LUNG LAU IN KENNEDY TOWN RETURNED HOME TO COLLECT THEIR BELONGINGS UP TO 7.30 PM.

CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO ASSIST THE HOUSING SOCIETY AND THE POLICE WITH THIS OPERATION TOMORROW (TUESDAY) MORNING.

ΤΟ MAKE

A CNTA SPOKESMAN REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT TWO HOTLINES 852 3477 AND 858 0433

THEM ARE OPERATING AND THEY MAY USE URGENT ENQUIRIES ON THE KWUN LUNG LAU LANDSLIDE.

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SEA TURTLE SPECTACLE FRAMES SEIZED

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THE AGRICULTURE AND

FISHERIES

DEPARTMENT

SEA

SEIZED (AFD) TURTLE SPECTACLE FRAMES

MORE DURING AN

THAN 70 PAIRS OF SUSPECTED OPERATION THIS (MONDAY) MORNING.

ACTING SENIOR CONSERVATION OFFICER OF AFD SAID SEA TURTLES WERE HIGHLY ENDANGERED SPECIES.

MR

CHAN PING-KWONG

AND THEIR PRODUCTS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION

THE POSSESSION, IMPORT AND EXPORT OF THEM WERE PROHIBITED UNDER THE ANIMALS ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE.

THE OPERATION, INVOLVING

AROUND 11 AM THIS MORNING.

OF

SOME 40

AFD

TOOK OFFICERS,

PLACE

10 RETAIL OUTLETS OF A SPECTACLE PAIRS OF SUSPECTED SEA TURTLE

IN SEARCHES CONDUCTED ON CHAIN STORE, AFD OFFICERS SEIZED 71 SPECTACLE FRAMES.

"THIS IS THE LARGEST SEIZURE OF SUCH ITEMS MADE THE CONTROL CAME INTO EFFECT IN 1976," MR CHAN SAID.

BY AFD SINCE

THE SEIZED ITEMS WOULD

HAVE A MARKET

VALUE OF ABOUT $1.6

MILLION.

/FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS