date:Sep 17, 2013
ampdown on lavish official functions on the Chinese mainland, the final destination for many of the imports.
The population of Pacific blue fin tuna had dropped an estimated 96 per cent since the 1950s.
Another delicacy, black moss - also known as fat choy - whose cultivation had been blamed for desertification and erosion in certain areas, had also been banned at official Hong Kong functions.
The government said in a press release that it was taking the step because the items have aroused in