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MDHIAN 9778
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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 268
OF 25050OZ JANUARY 89
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HKB 020/7
25 JAN1989
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YOUR TELNO 188: CONSERVATION IN DEPENDENT TERRITORIES: FRAGMENTS OF PARADISE
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL COMMENTS :
(A) ECONOMIC STATUS (PAGE 138): HONG KONG IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST CONTAINER PORT IN TERMS OF THROUGHPUT.
(B) FLORA (PAGE 138): THE IUCN BOTANIC GARDENS CONSERVATION CO-ORD- INATING BODY HAS BEEN RENAMED QUOTE BOTANIC GARDENS CONSERVATION SECRETARIAT UNQUOTE.
(C) CONSERVATION SITUATION (PAGE 141) : REFERENCES TO THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE SHOULD BE REPLACED BY REFENCES TO SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS.
(D) PROTECTED AREAS (PAGE 142): THERE ARE NOW 14 SPECIAL AREAS AND 49 SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIC INTEREST.
(E) RECOMMENDATION 1(A) : EFFECTIVE PROTECTION IS AFFORDED MAI PO UNDER ITS SSSI STATUS. GOVERNMENT IS PRESENTLY CONSIDERING A GRANT OF HK DOLLARS 2 MILLION TO WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE (HK) FOR SETTING UP CAPTIVE WILDFOWL COLLECTION AT MAI PO. CLARK (ESB)'S LETTER OF 20 OCTOBER 1988 TO MISS ABBOT-WATT GIVES FURTHER BACKGROUND AS REGARDS OUR POSITION VIS-A-VIS RAMSAR CONVERSATION.
(F) RECOMMENDATION 1 (B): PARA 5 OF OUR TELNO 0918 IS STILL LARGELY VALID THOUGH ADDITIONAL PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE. E.G. HOI HA WAN (NORTHERN SAI KUNG) HAS RECENTLY BEEN DESIGNATED SSSI AND COUNTRY PARKS BOARD IS TO GIVE INITIAL CONSIDERATION TO PROPOSALS ULTIMATELY AIMED AT INTRODUCING A NEW TYPE OF QUOTE MARINE PARK OR MARINE NATURE RESERVE UNQUOTE AT HOI HA.
(G) RECOMMENDATION 1(C): : WE CONTINUE TO TAKE OUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER CITES SERIOUSLY. OUR TELNO 83 OUTLINES PRINCIPAL CHANGES TO BE INTRODUCED THIS SESSION TO ENHANCE ENFORCEMENT. MEANWHILE THE ANIMALS AND PLANTS (PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE (REPLACEMENT
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