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YOUR TELNO 1589: PQ'S ON ENDANGERED SPECIES

WE SUGGEST YOU BASE YOUR REPLIES ON THE FOLLOWING:

Q. OF PARA 2, IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1989, 155 PROSECUTIONS WERE INITIATED AGAINST ILLEGAL IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND POSSESSION OF

ENDANGERED SPECIES.

Q OF PARA 3. TO PREVENT RARE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES BEING SOLD AND CONSUMED IN RESTAURANTS, 139 RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS WERE CONDUCTED IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1989. 0.4KG OF WHALE MEAT AND THREE GIANT SALAMANDERS WERE SEIZED.

Q OF PARA 4. IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 1989, 149 SEIZURES OF ILLEGALLY IMPORTED ENDANGERED SPECIES WERE MADE AND THE CORRESPONDING FIGURE FOR EXPORT WAS THREE.

(DETAILS WILL BE FAXED TO FOOTMAN SEPARATELY)

Q OF PARA 5. THERE HAS BEEN NO SALE BY TENDER OF CONFISCATED ITEMS PERMITTED FOR COMMERCIAL TRADE UNDER CITES SINCE FEBRUARY 1988 OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS NOTE PLEASE SEE OUR TELNO 2848 OF 27 JULY

88 CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS.

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Q OF PARA 6. CITES CONFERENCE RESOLUTION 5.11 PROVIDES FOR THE PROHIBITION IN TRADE IN ALL SPECIMENS UPLIFTED FROM APPENDIX II

TO APPENDIX I OF THE CONVENTION. THE HKG FULLY IMPLEMENTS THAT RESOLUTION AND HAS THE NECESSARY LEGISLATIVE BACKING.

OPEN SQUARE BRACKETS NOTE BUT SEE OUR POSITION ON IVORY UNDER APPENDIX I PARA 3 OF OUR TELNO 2139 CLOSE SQUARE BRACKETS.

Q OF PARA 7. NEW LEGISLATION WHICH PROVIDES FOR :

(A) INCREASING MAXIMUM FINES BY 5-FOLD:

(B) ITGHTENING UP TRANSIT ARRANGEMENTS :

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