WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1981
TO MINIMISE ANY POTENTIAL HAZARD TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FROM EATING FISH AND SEA FOODS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY RED TIDES STAFF OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT VISIT REPORTED OUTBREAKS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO TAKE SAMPLES FOR LABORATORY EXAMINATION. THEY ALSO ASSIST FISH FARMERS TO LIMIT LOSSES, ADVISE THEM NOT TO MARKET ANY FISH WHICH MAY HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF THE OUTBREAK AND WARN OTHER FISHERMEN IN THE AREA NOT TO COLLECT, MARKET OR CONSUME ANY FISH OR SHELL-FISH WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED.
ALL FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION MARKET MANAGERS ARE INFORMED IMMEDIATELY OF THE AREAS WHERE ALGAL BLOOMS HAVE OCCURRED AND ARE INSTRUCTED NOT TO ACCEPT FISH WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED EY OUTBREAKS.
THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT ARE ALSO NOTIFIED AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS INFORMED OF OUTBREAKS THROUGH THE NEWS MEDIA.
EFFORT MADE TO CONTROL ILLEGAL EXCAVATIONS
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THE GOVERNMENT TRIED TO CONTROL NEW AREAS OF ILLEGAL EXCAVATIONS AND STRUCTURES IN SQUATTER AREAS THROUGH THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON JACK STEAN, SAID TODAY.
AS WAS WELL KNOWN, HOWEVER, NEW SQUATTER AREAS HAD BEEN BUILT ON SLOPES, HE SAID.
MR STEAN WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON S.L. CHEN AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
HE SAID THAT ALL AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR LANDSLIP PREVENTIVE MEASURES WERE AT PRESENT DIRECTED TOWARDS WORKS ON SLOPES THAT COULD AFFECT PEOPLE IN PERMANENT STRUCTURES AND SQUATTER AREAS WE NOT GIVEN ANY PRIORITY.
*STAFF ARE AVAILABLE ON A 24 HOUR STANDBY BASIS TO DEAL WITH REPORTS OF DISTRESS IN SLOPES IN SQUATTER AREAS AND WHEN HEAY AND PROLONGED RAIN IS FORECAST THE NUMBER OF STAFF ON SUCH STA. DBY IS INCREASED, + MR STEAN SAID.
+SHOULD FAILURE OF ANY SLOPE WHICH WOULD PUT SQUATTER STR CTURES AT RISK, APPEAR LIKELY, THE EVACUATION OF THE AFFECTED SQU. TTERS WOULD BE ORDERED.+
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