§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply of 5 April,Official Report, column 764, if he will give details of the items which led to 92 prosecutions being initiated by the Hong Kong authorities.
§ Mr. Waldegrave[holding answer 23 April 1990]: Ninety-two prosecutions were initiated by the Hong Kong authorities in the second half of 1989 as a result of confiscation of the following items:
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Item Amount Monkey 2hd Slow Loris 8hd Musk Deer 6 pc pod 10.2 g grain Ivory: Raw ivory 769.9 kg Worked ivory 123.62 kg Rhino Horn 20 kg Felidas (cat family): (a) Stuffed specimen 1 hd (b) Live 2hd (c) Skins 226 pc Pangolin: (a) Live 2hd (b) Scale 0.68 kg (c) Meat 5.4 kg (d) Meat and scale 1.4 kg and 20 pc Cetacean spp Meat 0.4 kg Owl: (a) Dead 1 hd (b) Live 6 hd Birds of prey: (a) Stuffed specimen 3 hd (b) Live 2 hd Parrots 64 hd Yellow Tortoise 11 hd Sea turtle: (a) Stuffed specimen 13 hd (b) Egg 40 pc (c) Shell 1 pc Lizards: (a) Live 1 hd (b) Skins 8,231 pc Crocodile Meat 0.79 kg
Item Amount Python Skin 15pc Giant Salamander 6 hd Asiatic Bony Tongue 21 tails Coral 15 pc Giant Clam 14 pc
§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what criteria are used to determine the location, number and frequency of restaurant inspections in Hong Kong to ensure that no rare and endangered species of animals and plants are offered for sale as food; and what information he has on the number of restaurants in Hong Kong.
§ Mr. Waldegrave[holding answer 23 April 1990]: The criteria used to determine the location, number and frequence of restaurant inspections in Hong Kong, for the purpose of ensuring that no rare and endangered species of animals and plants are offered for sale as food, include known black spots, reports and intelligence from various sources and the type of restaurant and menu served. Random checks are made as a deterrent. There are approximately 7,400 restaurants in Hong Kong.