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1. In your minute of 20 February you recorded the Secretary of

State's wish to be kept informed of the progress being made by the

Hong Kong Government in introducing legislation to implement the

CITES ban before our six-month reservation expires on 17 July.

2. Hong Kong have now provided details of the proposed timetable

for putting in place the necessary legislation (Hong Kong tel nos

661 and 687). At this stage they do not envisage any difficulties

in meeting the deadline. The legislation is currently being drafted

and is expected to be submitted to ExCo in late March. Hong Kong's

target date for the first reading of the Bill in LegCo is 4 April

with a view to enactment in early May. Should there be any

slippage, however, the legislation would be introduced into LegCo on

2 May (there are budget sittings in between) and should be enacted

by mid May. In either case, the legislation would come into effect

when the reservation expires.

3.

Given the sensitivity of this subject, we intend to ask Hong Kong to let our Legal Advisers see their legislation in draft.

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