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

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

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

We believe that our prevailing regulatory regime can strike a balance between the need to protect public health and environmental hygiene, as well as to accommodate the need of pigeon racing activities in Hong Kong as far as possible.

In fact, in 2010, the whole group of gadiform species (cods, hakes, haddocks, etc.) reversed the negative trend of the previous three years in which it had declined by 2 million tonnes.

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).

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Most important of all, the pigeons are not allowed to fly outside their lofts for exercise or competition.

He further asked whether the Administration would withdraw its proposed implementation of MNE as an independent subject or make significant changes to its proposals should there be strong public objection.

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Preliminary data for this group also report growing catches for 2011.

At the subcommittee formed to scrutinise the subsidiary legislation to ban backyard poultry keeping, the Administration has agreed to consider on a case-by-case basis whether to issue “animal/birds exhibition licence” to owners who wish to keep racing pigeons.

Mr LI added that to enable persons who wished to continue to keep a small number of poultry (including racing pigeons) as pets, the Administration had agreed to amend the Notice and the Amendment Regulation to empower the Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation to grant exemption permit in respect of the keeping of specified birds.

When we sounded out the racing pigeon keepers on the proposed licensing arrangement and its fee levels, the majority of them agreed to pay a fee for a licence to keep their birds, although some expressed that the licence fees should be lowered.

The term “poultry” is further defined to mean chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons and quails.

To strengthen the prevention and control against the outbreak of avian flu, FEHD and the State General Administration of the People's Republic of China for Quality Supervision and Inspection and Quarantine have agreed that with effect from 15 January 2004, all live poultry (except pigeons and waterfowls) must be vaccinated against H5 avian flu with deactivated vaccine authorized for production and use by the State Ministry of Agriculture before importing to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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These two statements have still been prepared in the prescribed columnar presentation by principal activity but the number of such activities has been concentrated into four instead of the six columns presented at 31 December 2001.

To address the concern about the high fee charged for the licence, the Administration would amend the Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Exhibitions) Regulations to stipulate a separate licence fee for persons who kept a small number (i.e. 20 or less) of racing pigeons.

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.

Human colonization of the remote Pacific islands may have spawned the global extinction of nearly 1,000 species of large-bodied, flightless birds known as non-passerine landbirds, according to a study.