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NEWHAM NORTH WEST, OFFICIAL REPORT, COLUMNS 717-8 BY WHAT MEANS THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES WERE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THE LEGAL ACQUISITION OF THE 116 TONNES OF IVORY WHICH DID NOT HAVE CITES DOCUMENTATION SEMI COLON AND IF HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT.

(1736) UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES IVORY ENTERED HONG KONG WITHOUT

CITES DOCUMENTATION.

(1737) WHAT ARE THE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN OF IVORY HELD BY THE TAT HING COMPANY IN HONG KONG SEMI COLON HOW MUCH HAS BEEN EXPORTED BY THE COMPANY SINCE JULY 1989 SEMI COLON AND TO WHICH COUNTRIES

IT WAS EXPORTED.

(1738) WHAT ARE THE MECHANICS OF REGISTRATION OF HONG KONG IVORY STOCKS.

(1740) WHAT DIFFICULTIES HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED BY THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES WITH THE SOFTWARE OF THE COMPUTER PROGRAMME BEING USED TO REGISTER EXISTING IVORY STOCKPILES.

(1743) WHAT PROPORTION OF THE COMMERCIAL STOCKS OF IVORY IN HONG KONG HAVE NOW BEEN ENTERED INTO THE COMPUTER SYSTEM SEMI COLON

AND WHAT THIS IS IN TONNES.

(1745) WHEN WAS THE LAST AUCTION IN HONG KONG OF ENDANGERRED SPECIES PRODUCTS SEIZED BY THE AUTHORITIES SEMI COLON WHAT ITEMS WERE AUCTIONED SEMI COLON AND HOW MUCH WAS REALISED.

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