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3 0 MAR 1990

FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 665

INDEX

OF 27180OZ MARCH 90

130012

MDHOAN 5970

187

HONG KONG AND THE IVORY TRADE: PQS

1 TONY BANKS MP HAS TODAY TABLED THE FOLLOWING 23 PQS FOR

WRITTEN ANSWER.

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TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE:

See 19.0

(1718) HOW MANY INVESTIGATIONS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT BY THE SPECIAL TASK FORCE ON IVORY TRADE OF THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT IN HONG KONG SINCE IT WAS SET UP SEMI COLON AND HOW

MANY SEIZURES OF IVORY IT HAS MADE.

(1719) HOW MANY PROSECUTIONS WERE INITIATED BY THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES IN THE SECOND SIX MONTHS OF 1989 ARISING FROM ILLEGAL IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND POSSESSION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES.

(1720) HOW MANY RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS WERE CARRIED OUT BY THE

HONG KONG AUTHORITIES IN THE SECOND SIX MONTHS OF 1989 TO ENSURE NO RARE AND ENDANGERED SPECIES OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS WERE OFFERED FOR SALE AS FOOD SEMI COLON AND IF ANY SEIZURES WERE MADE. (1721) HOW MANY SEIZURES OF ILLEGALLY IMPORTED ENDANGERED SPECIES WERE MADE BY THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES IN THE SECOND SIX MONTHS OF 1989 SEMI COLON HOW MANY SEIZURES WERE MADE OF SIMILAR CATEGORIES INTENDED FOR EXPORT SEMI COLON AND IF HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT GIVING DETAILS OF ALL SEIZURES MADE, INCLUDING COUNTRY

OF ORIGIN.

(1722) HOW MUCH ELEPHANT IVORY IS CURRENTLY HELD IN HONG KONG BY

THE RAND COMPANY SEMI COLON AND HOW MUCH OF IT HAS CITES

DOCUMENTATION.

(1723) HOW MUCH IVORY HAS BEEN EXPORTED FROM HONG KONG BY THE RAND COMPANY SINCE JULY 1989 SEMI COLON AND TO WHICH COUNTRIES IT WAS EXPORTED.

(1724) HOW MUCH IVORY HAS BEEN EXPORTED FROM HONG KONG SINCE

26 FEBRUARY SEMI COLON AND TO WHICH COUNTRIES IT WAS EXPORTED.

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