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THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1975.
COMPENSATION FOR FISHERMEN
AFFECTED BY HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME
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ALL FISHERMEN GENUINELY AFFECTED BY THE HIGH ISLAND WATER SCHEME ARE TO BE ADEQUATELY COMPENSATED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY BY A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION WHEN COMMENTING ON PRESS REPORTS ON COMPLAINTS MADE BY CERTAIN FISHERMEN YESTERDAY.
THE SPOKESMAN RECALLED THAT A SURVEY WAS CARRIED OUT IN 1971 BY THE AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE TO DETERMINE HOW FAR THE FISHERMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE SCHEME. BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THIS SURVEY, FISHERMEN AFFECTED WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO GROUPS. A AND B -- IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEIR LIVELIHOOD WAS AFFECTED. GROUP B WAS JUDGED TO BE ONLY PARTLY AFFECTED BY THE SCHEME.
+ALL FAMILIES IN GROUP B WILL RECEIVE COMPENSATION IN THE FORM OF FLATS IN THE GOVERNMENT HOUSING SCHEME WHICH IS TO BE SPECIALLY BUILT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
+HOWEVER, IT WAS CONSIDERED AND ACCEPTED AS FAIR THAT, SINCE THEY ARE ONLY PARTLY AFFECTED, THEY SHOULD PAY PART OF THE COST OF THEIR NEW HOMES, HE ADDED.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT MOST OF THE GROUP B FISHERMEN HAD ACCEPTED THE TERMS THAT THEY SHOULD CONTRIBUTE $6,000 TOWARDS THE COST. THESE TERMS WERE BINDING ON ALL OF THOSE IN GROUP B.
HE CONCLUDED THAT THE TERMS WERE FAIR TO THE FISHERMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES.
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