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Ironically, repeatedly the Government refuses to address that income should legitimately also come from another source, which is recovery from compulsory third party insurance for each motor vehicle.

Dominating undergrowth of Abies georgei and Rhododendron forests; 3200–3900 m. SW Sichuan.

Ironically, publicity and education in AIDS has been done for some 10 years by the Government and many non-governmental organizations.

[...] know whether to laugh or to cry.

Madam deputy, it is ironic that on a day which could prove to be one of our darkest we are debating about Hong Kong's future development with specific emphasis on the Pearl River Delta.

Under this arrangement, they can have access to a near-formal venue, so this may be an interesting start.

I do not know whether I should laugh or cry at finding that such a practice of "one may steal a horse while another may not even look over the hedge" could ever happen today in a big, selfprofessed civilized country like the United States.

This will include pigeons, quails, ostriches and their eggs, in which avian influenza virus and other egg-related diseases might also be found.

To see whether roosters simply crow in response to external stimuli or according to a circadian rhythm—an internally driven, cyclical pattern of behavior that occurs over a 24-hour period—the team put one group of birds into a room with continuously dim lights and tracked the birds' crowing over the course of a month.

The original motion based on the premise that the labour shortage problem could be alleviated through retraining women, is most unacceptable to woman workers in general and is neither here nor there.

After careful deliberation, the Administration decided that DAFC may, issue Exhibition Licenses under Cap. 139F to cover racing pigeon activities.

Having regard to overseas experiences and our veterinary assessment that the risk of an avian influenza outbreak in pigeon is low, the Administration agreed to continue to allow the keeping and exhibiting of racing pigeons under a licence issued under the Regulations, provided that the applicant is able to satisfy all relevant statutory requirements under the Regulations.

In response to Legal Service Division’s enquiries, the Administration has explained the legal basis for granting an exhibition licence to racing pigeons keepers, its policy of granting an exhibition licence to racing pigeons keepers who wish to keep more than 20 racing pigeons, its policy of granting an exemption from holding a licence under section 9 of the Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Licensing of Livestock Keeping) Regulation (Cap. 139 sub. leg. L) and the reasons for not considering exhibitions of racing pigeons to be “entertainment” within the meaning of the term in the Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance (Cap. 172).

The reply said nothing other than that the Government has set up a working group specifically to examine the safety of heavy machinery on construction sites, including goods cranes and passenger hoists.

Deputy President, first of all, the SAR Government has never disseminated information on this subject; and second, if Members have done a simple Internet search, they will find the situation even more rediculous.