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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1977
+THESE SURVEYS ARE BEING CONDUCTED FROM A STRICTLY PRACTICAL VIEWPOINT, NAMELY TO ESTABLISH IF THERE ARE ADEQUATE STOCKS OF PELAGIC FISH TO SUPPORT A COMMERCIAL FISHERY AND IF SO, WHERE AND WHEN THEY ARE TO BE FOUND, HE INDICATED.
AFTER THE SPEECH, THE WIFE OF THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR. E.H. NICHOLS, PRESENTED PRIZES, CERTIFICATES AND LONG-SERVICE MEDALS TO A NUMBER OF FISHERMEN.
AMONG THE RECIPIENTS WERE EIGHT FISHERMEN WHO BETWEEN THEM SAVED 56 LIVES AT SEA DURING THE LAST 12 MONTHS. TWO OF THEM, MR. KWOK KUN-FOR AND MR. CHENG WAI-HO, RESCUED 27 PEOPLE FROM A FREIGHTER WHICH RAN AGROUND ABOUT 280 KILOMETRES NORTH-EAST OF HONG KONG,
PRIZES AND CERTIFICATES WERE PRESENTED TO 47 FISHERMEN WHO MARKETED THE LARGEST VALUE OF FISH THROUGH THE F.M.O. LONG SERVICE MEDALS WERE GIVEN TO 11 F.M.0. STAFF MEMBERS FOR HAVING COMPLETED 25 YEARS OF SERVICE AND NINE YOUNG FISHERMEN WHO COMPLETED
A SIX-MONTH TRAINING COURSE IN NAVIGATION GIVEN BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WERE AWARDED WITH CERTIFICATES.
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS AT MORRISON STREET ****
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT FROM 8 A.M. ON TUESDAY (FEBRUARY 22), THE SECTION OF MORRISON STREET BETWEEN DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL AND CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC EXCEPT TRAMS.
WILL
THE CLOSURE WHICH AIMS TO FACILITATE TRAM TRACK RENEWAL WORKS,
LAST FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS.
MOTORISTS TRAVELLING WESTWARDS ALONG DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL ARE ADVISED TO USE HILLIER STREET TO GAIN ACCESS INTO CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE PUT UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
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