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MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 1976
IN ADDITION, OWNER-OCCUPIERS, WHERE ELIGIBLE, WERE OFFERED AND IN MOST CASES ACCEPTED GOVERNMENT REHOUSING,
FURTHER, ALL 39 OWNER-OCCUPIERS AT TAI ON MANSION RETAIN THE RIGHT TO APPEAL TO THE LANDS TRIBUNAL FOR A RULING ON THE VALUE OF THEIR PREMISES AND IF THE TRIBUNAL FIGURE IS HIGHER THAN THE AMOUNT PAID, THE GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE UP THE BALANCE.
THE ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE THAT THE DISTURBANCE ALLOWANCE+ OF ABOUT $20 PER SQ. FT. WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM ANY AMOUNT AWARDED BY THE TRIBUNAL ON THE GROUNDS OF DISTURBANCE.
THERE ARE NO OWNER-OCCUPIERS AT 205-205A SAI YEUNG CHOI
ALL 34 FAMILIES CONCERNED WERE DOMESTIC TENANTS.
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PLANS TO CONTROL NUMBER OF FISH BREEDERS
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PLANS ARE IN HAND TO INTRODUCE SOME FORM OF CONTROL TO REGULATE THE GROWING NUMBER OF MARINE FISH CULTURE OPERATORS IN HONG KONG WATERS.
ACCORDING TO MR. PHILIP CHEUNG, FISHERIES OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, A BILL TO THIS EFFECT HAS BEEN DRAFTED.
HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE BILL, KNOWN AS THE MARINE FISH CULTURE BILL, WOULD BE ACCEPTED,
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE ABOUT 900 FISH BREEDERS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF HONG KONG.
THIS BUSINESS, MR. CHEUNG SAID, HAD A RELATIVELY SHORT HISTORY AND IT STARTED IN 1972 THROUGH A NUMBER OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
+ONE OF THEM WAS THAT FISHERMEN HAD BEEN ASKED BY THE IR CLIENTS, OPERATORS OF SEA-FOOD RESTAURANTS, TO KEEP THE FISH ALIVE AS THEY DID NOT HAVE THE NECESSARY FACILITIES TO DO SO, HE ADDED.
+THE NEED TO CONTROL THIS KIND OF BUSINESS BECOMES EVIDENT AS THESE FISH BREEDERS ARE CAUSING CONGESTION IN A NUMBER OF PLACES ESPECIALLY IN SOK KWU WAN ON LAMMA ISLAND AND SAI KUNG WHERE MOST MARINE FISH BREEDERS OPERATE, MR. CHEUNG SAID.
THE BILL IF PASSED, WILL MAKE IT MANDATORY FOR A MARINE FISH CULTURE OPERATOR TO APPLY FOR A LICENCE.
+ IT IS OUR INTENTION TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN FISH CULTURE SITES WHERE THESE PEOPLE CAN CARRY ON WITH THEIR OPERATIONS, HE ADDED.