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From the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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31 May 1974
Dear John,
Peter Blaker's Private Secretary write to your Private Secretary on 18 February, regretting that it was still not possible to give a full reply to the questions raised by your constituents, Mrs M J Hooper of 69 Cressex Road, High Wycombe, Bucks and Mrs Jane Mann of Arbon, Woodend, near Barlow, following the BBC Radio 4 programme on the import of wildlife from China into Hong Kong.
Since the election the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Governor of Hong Kong have continued to examine with care what is being and should be done to deal with this difficult and complex problem. Hong Kong is, of course, predominantly a Chinese society. The Hong Kong Government do not seek to dictate to their people what they should or should not eat, provided that the animals and birds are humanely treated and killed, and that internationally accepted restrictions on trade in endangered species are observed. The Hong Kong Government are, however, well aware of the problems which arise from the wildlife trade and have recently passed further legislation and taken other measures to deal with them.
As far as endangered species are concerned, the Hong Kong Government have already banned, as from 1 January 1974, the importation of threatened species listed in Appendix 1 to the
Sir John Hall OBE MP
House of Commons
/Convention
SWI
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