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THE EQUIPMENT INCLUDING THE ECHO SOUNDER. WOULD BE USED TO MAKE FAST DIRECT ASSESSMENTS OF THE QUANTITIES OF FISH LOCATED.
MR. CHILVERS SAID THAT THE SURVEYS, FIVE IN ALL, WILL BEGIN SOMETIME IN OCTOBER AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT 12 MONTHS' TIME.
IN THE MEANTIME, HE CONTINUED, THE DEPARTMENT HAS STARTED EXPERIMENTS ON THE TRIAL PRODUCTION OF FISH SILAGE AS AN ADDITIONAL MEANS OF UTILISING THE EXISTING CATCHES OF SMALL INSHORE PELAGIC FISHES.
IT IS HOPED TO USE THE SILAGE AS FEED FOR SWINE AND POULTRY.
IF THIS PROVES SUCCESSFUL, OTHER SPECIES, SUCH AS FILE FISH, WILL BE USED AS THE RAW MATERIAL, THUS CREATING A DEMAND FOR SUCH APPARENTLY ABUNDANT, BUT LITTLE UTILISED SPECIES.
SHOPPING SPACES ON KCR'S WALKWAYS TO BE TENDERED
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THE KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY (KCR) IS INVITING TENDERS FOR SHOPPING SPACES IN ONE OF ITS COVERED PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS LEADING TO THE TERMINAL AT HUNG HOM.
KCR ALREADY HAS SHOPS WITHIN ITS NEW KOWLOON TERMINAL BUILDING BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHOPPING SPACES ARE LET IN THE WALKWAYS WHICH CONNECT THE BUSY RAIL PASSENGER CENTRE WITH NEARBY FERRY AND BUS TERMINALS.
THE SHOPPING SPACES, TOTALLING 3,693 SQ. FT., ARE AT THE WESTERN PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY. IT IS USED DAILY BY PASSENGERS, AND CONNECTS THE TERMINAL WITH BUS STOPS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL AND OTHER PASSAGEWAYS OF THE STATION COMPLEX.
THE TERMINAL COMPLEX IS INCREASINGLY BECOMING A POPULAR MEETING POINT FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE. FURTHERMORE, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLYTECHNIC NEARBY, MANY MORE VISITORS ARE EXPECTED TO COME TO THE STATION, PARTICULARLY ON HOLIDAYS.
CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO PROPOSALS BY TENDERERS TO AIR-CONDITION THE SHOPPING SPACES AND TO PROVIDE GATES TO CLOSE PART OF THE WALKWAY AT NIGHT.
FURTHER PARTICULARS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE OFFICE OF THE KCR GENERAL MANAGER AT KOWLOON STATION IN HUNG HOM.
TENDERS MUST BE SUBMITTED BEFORE 12 NOON ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1976.
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