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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1979
ENACTMENT OF THE BILL WILL MEAN DESIGNATING CERTAIN ZONES WHERE MARICULTURE MAY BE ENGAGED AND IT WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT MARICULTURISTS REQUIRE A LICENCE TO TAKE PART IN THE INDUSTRY,
PROVISIONS OF THE BILL WILL MAKE IT AN OFFENCE TO DEPOSIT ANY INJURIOUS SUBSTANCE IN OR NEAR FISH CULTURE ZONES TO INTERFERE WITH RAFTS OR IMPOUNDMENTS AND TO UNLAWFULLY ENTER ANY VESSEL OR UNLAWFULLY KEEP ANY RAFTS IN THE DESIGNATED ZONES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID THE PROPOSALS PRESERVED THE APPLICATION OF THE SHIPPING AND PORT CONTROL ORDINANCE,
AND HE ADDED THAT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BILL WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF AND EQUIPMENT AT A CAPITAL COST OF ABOUT $3.5 MILLION AND ANNUAL RECURRENT EXPENDITURE WOULD BE ABOUT $1 MILLION. ANNUAL REVENUE DERIVED FROM THE ISSUE OF LICENCES WOULD BE ABOUT $400 000.
HK NO STRANGER TO PROBLEMS SAYS SNT
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT EACH OF THE LAST 30 YEARS HAD CARRIED ITS OWN PROBLEMS, AND, AS WE LOOKED INTO THE YEARS AHEAD, WE COULD SEE MUCH DOUBT AND UNCERTAINTY.
HE SAID: THE EIGHTIES WILL CERTAINLY PRESENT A PERIOD OF CHANGE AND ADJUSTMENT, BUT WE IN HONG KONG ARE NO STRANGER TO PROBLEMS.
+LOOKING BACKWARD AT ALL THE OBSTACLES THAT HAVE BEEN SURMOUNTED, WE CAN BE REASSURED THAT WE HAVE THE STRENGTH AND ABILITY THE RESILIENCE AND THE FLEXIBILITY TO FACE THE FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE.+
MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THIS WHEN HE SPOKE TO LEADING LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS AND BUSINESSMEN AT A RECEPTION MARKING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHINA DYEING WORKS LIMITED.
+WHO WOULD HAVE CARED TO GUARANTEE THAT, WHEN WE BEGAN FILLING IN THE BAY OF TSUEN WAN IN 1958, IT WOULD HAVE GROWN TODAY TO BE A TOWN OF HALF A MILLION PEOPLE?+ MR. AKERS-JONES ASKED.
+WHO WOULD HAVE PLACED A BET ON THE ABILITY OF OUR TEXTILE INDUSTRY TO SURVIVE THE PRESSURES OF 20 YEARS OF COMPETITION AND RESTRICTION?+
AND YET, HE SAID, WE HAD SUCCEEDED. TSUEN WAN HAD GROWN INTO A BUSTLING, THRIVING INDUSTRIAL TOWN, AND OUR TEXTILE INDUSTRY HAD SURVIVED AND PROSPERED BEYOND ALL BELIEF.
/CHINA DYEING