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Application forms for registration can be obtained from the EPD's Air Management Group, 33rd floor, Revenue Tower, 5 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai. Applicants would have to pay a fee of $2,905 and an annual registration fee of $910. Also gazetted today is a ban on the import and sale of the more hazardous types of asbestos, namely amosite and crocidolite, with effect from May 1.
"Any person who imports into Hong Kong or sells the banned asbestos is committing an offence and is liable to a maximum fine of $200,000 and imprisonment for six months," Mr Lai said.
Enquiries on registration matters and banned asbestos can be made to the EPD on 2594 6232.
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Traders of medicines with tiger/rhino ingredients fined
Chinese medicine traders are today (Friday) advised that trading in medicines containing or claiming to contain tiger or rhino ingredients without a licence could result in very heavy penalties if convicted by the court.
The reminder was issued by Agriculture and Fisheries Department's (AFD) conservation officer, Mr Cheung Chi-sun, after two traders were recently convicted and fined $250,000 and $150,000 respectively for possessing medicines claiming to contain tiger or rhino ingredients.
Mr Cheung pointed out that under the Animals and Plants (Protection of Endangered Species) Ordinance, any person found guilty of importing, exporting or in possession of a highly endangered species for commercial purpose without a licence is liable to a maximum penalty of $5 million fine and two years' imprisonment.
The control covers a wide variety of endangered species, including their parts. derivatives and medicines containing or claiming to contain tiger or rhino ingredients.
Both cases came to light in October last year when AFD field officers raided a traditional medicine shop each in Aberdeen and Sham Shui Po respectively.
In Aberdeen, 27 packets of medicines claiming to contain tiger or rhino ingredients were seized in a dispensary at Wah Fu Estate.
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