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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1994

A SUBSEQUENT SEARCH ON HER PREMISES RESULTED IN THE SEIZURE ANOTHER 101 PACKETS OF THE SAME PROHIBITED ITEMS.

OF

ONCE

THE WOMAN IS EXPECTED TO BE CHARGED WITH RELATED OFFENCES INVESTIGATIONS ARE COMPLETED.

AND

COMMENTING ON THE CASES, MR CHAN SAID THE AFD WOULD CONTINUE TO ENFORCEMENT OVER WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CUSTOMS AND POLICE ON THEIR

AND RHINO THE ILLEGAL

EXPORT IMPORT,

POSSESSION

OF

TIGER

MEDICINES.

HE

POINTED OUT

THAT

SPECIAL

ATTENTION

WOULD

BE

PAID TERRITORY,

то

DIFFERENT WAYS OF SMUGGLING THE PROHIBITED ITEMS INTO THE SUCH AS POSTAL CONSIGNMENT.

MR CHAN REITERATED THAT THE BAN ON IMPORT AND EXPORT TIGER MEDICINES HAD BECOME EFFECTIVE SINCE JANUARY THIS YEAR.

OF ALL

UNDER THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) EXPORTING ORDINANCE, PEOPLE FOUND GUILTY OF POSSESSING, IMPORTING AND ENDANGERED ITEMS WOULD BE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $25,000 ON

SIX OFFENCE AND

OF FINE A FIRST

$50,000 PLUS IMPRISONMENT ON SUBSEQNENT OFFENCES.

MAXIMUM

THE

MONTHS

HE SAID CONSIDERATION WAS BEING MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATION INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY THE PENALTIES.

TO

INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FOR SECOND QUARTER 1994

QUARTER OF THE INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FOR THE SECOND

SAME QUARTER LAST THIS YEAR DECREASED MARGINALLY BY 0.8% OVER THE YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

A DECREASE

8.0% WAS RECORDED IN OF

THE

BY

GROUP INDUSTRY

OF WITHIN CHEMICALS, RUBBER, PLASTIC AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS.

RECORDED A NOTABLE THIS GROUP, THE PRODUCTION OF PLASTIC PRODUCTS

DECREASE OF 17.9%.

PRODUCTION OF THE

TEXTILE (INCLUDING

DECREASED BY 5.4%.

KNITTING) INDUSTRY

IN THE INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL

A SMALL DECREASE OF 1.3% WAS ALSO RECORDED OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT AND OPTICAL GOODS.

GROUP

WITHIN THIS GROUP, THE PRODUCTION

OF MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT,

BY 1.8% WHEREAS THE INCREASED COMPONENTS APPARATUS, PARTS AND PRODUCTION OF CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS DECREASED BY 3.9%.

NEVERTHELESS, MODERATE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PRODUCTS AND PRINTING INDUSTRY GROUP (6.0%) AND BASIC FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (4.3%).

THE PAPER METALS

AND

/OUTPUT OF