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One of the main purposes of the proposed amendments to
the Ordinance is to counter illegal wholesaling of marine fish,
l.c. thereby recouping the lost revenue to the organization and
deterring criminal and triad elements from getting involved in
the *Ds fish marketing business.
However, in order for the legislative amendments to
achieve the intended purpose, I suggest that the Administration
taking should consider take the following courses of action
simultaneously :
First, publicity efforts must be stepped up to
effects of the educate the fishermen about the undesirable Amplications
¤ŒİRİNKɃe wholesale marketing of their catches outside the
designated fish markets and frontier collusion and association with criminal or triad elements for apparent, short-term advantages;
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and improved.
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and loopholes for syndicated adpractices, malpractices
can be eliminated.
And last but not least,
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zonsideratiex when imposing fines on convicted offenders.
With these remarks, Sir, I support the motion.
And it goes without saying that my support is fully shared as I was assured by my hon. Friend Dr. HỌ Kam fai.
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