Supplementary to Question No. 4 in the
egislative Council on 9 January 1985
Mr. CHEUNG Yan-lung asked in Cantonese
閣下,根據本人訪問蠔民的時候,蠔民已表 示鑒於技術上的困難,經濟司在一九八三年 十二月二十一日所提出的建議是不切實際的, 政府可否對此發表意見?
(The following is the interpretation of what Mr. CHEUNG Yan-lung asked.)
Sir, based on my enquiries with the oyster farmers, they indicated that because of
technical difficulties the proposal put forward by the Secretary for Economic
Services on 21 December 1983 is impracticable. Can Government make a statement on
this ?
Secretary for Economic Services :
—
Sir, I am not quite sure what points have been
made by the oyster farmers but from various discussions that I have had with the
department I think that what concerns them is the question of the depth of water.
Certainly the technical advice given by the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries
is still regarded as correct provided there is sufficient depth of water. We have
identified a place where this method involving cages suspended can be used as in Tung Chung where there is sufficient depth of water and the water is sufficiently
pure. One of the problems that I think concerns oyster farmers in Lau Fau han is
the fact that the water is quite shallow there. We will look around for other
sites but I am afraid I can hold out no great hopes but we will try.