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17 November 1989
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香港下亞厘畢道
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Mr. Nicholas Bayne
Deputy Under-Secretary
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
c/o Penthouse 2, The Albany, 1 Albany Road,
Hong Kong.
Sear Nicholas,
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In respect of the ivory trade in Hong Kong, you were interested in our control measures. I attach а paper which outlines the stringent measures that we are currently enforcing to comply with CITES requirements. As I explained, we need an early answer from the FCO on our request for the UK to enter a reservation of six months' duration on Hong Kong's behalf (after expiry of the 90-day grace period) in order to allow time for the trade to dispose of its legally acquired stock and for the Hong Kong Government to implement a retraining scheme for those workers affected by the forthcoming ban. We anticipate serious Council
difficulties with Members of the Legislative
if the UK does not enter such a reservation on our behalf. LegCo is pressing for a one year reservation and it is becoming increasingly clear that they will withhold the necessary legislation to enable us to implement the ban if the trade were not allowed time to dispose of its stock. Furthermore, they are also likely to move to scrap the export licensing requirements
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