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THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1981
INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE KNOWN TO CONTAIN OVERSEAS INTEREST WILL BE VISITED BY UNDERGRADUATES OF THE TWO UNIVERSITIES WHO HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE DIVISION FOR THIS SURVEY.
THEY WILL BEAR AN AUTHORISATION CARD WITH THEIR PHOTOGRAPH ATTACHED FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES.
ANY QUERIES REGARDING THIS SURVEY SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO: MR ALAN K.M, CHU, ASSISTANT TRADE OFFICER, TEL. NO. 3-7222426.
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+MAR ICULTURE+ INDUSTRY GROWING FAST
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HONG KONG'S FAST-GROWING +MAR ICULTURE INDUSTRY+ EMPLOYS 5 000 PEOPLE AND LAST YEAR PRODUCED 760 METRIC TONS OF CULTURED -13H -- MOSTLY GROUPERS, SEABREAMS AND SNAPPERS - WORTH $38 MILLION, MR PHILIP CHEUNG, SENIOR FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT OFFICER THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TOLD MEMBERS OF THE -IONS CLUB OF TAI PING SHAN TODAY (THURSDAY).
THIS WAS ABOUT 0.4 PER CENT BY WEIGHT AND 3.5 PER CENT BY VALUE OF TOTAL LANDINGS OF CAPTURED FISH, HE SAID. AND THERE WERE 1 550 LARGE AND SMALL CULTURE UNITS IN SOME 50 LOCATIONS IN HONG KONG.
WITH THE GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRY, AND TO ENSURE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT AND SUITABLE CONTROL OF ITS ACTIVITIES, THE GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR PASSED A MARINE FISH CULTURE ORDINANCE, AND, MORE RECENTLY, SOME SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS.
+GOVERNMENT WAS WELL AWARE OF THE FACT THAT IF THE INDUSTRY WERE ALLOWED TO PROLIFERATE, IT WOULD DEVELOP IN A DISORDERLY MANNER TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE INDUSTRY, MR CHEUNG SAID.
FOR INSTANCE, WITHOUT SUITABLE CONTROL, THE +MAR ICULTUR ISTS+ TENDED TO PUT THEIR CULTURE RAFTS IN ONE PLACE, THUS CAUSING WATER STAGNATION AND OXYGEN DEPLETION DUE TO OVERCROWD ING, HE SAID. APART FROM THIS, IF THE MARICULTURISTS DID NOT EXERCISE SELF-DISCIPLINE, THEIR RAFTS WOULD BECOME A NUISANCE, HE ADDED.
ALSO, A CERTAIN MEASURE OF PROTECTION FOR THE INDUSTRY WAS CONSIDERED NECESSARY INSOFAR AS WATER POLLUTION AND INTERFERENCE OF THE CULTURE OPERATIONS WERE CONCERNED.
+ IN THE ABSENCE OF LEGAL BACKING FOR THE INDUSTRY, THE GOVERNMENT OFTEN FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO RENDER SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO THE OPERATORS IN THE IR CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES, HE SAID.
THE ORDINANCE WAS APPROVED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL LAST YEAR AND IS EXPECTED TO COME INTO FULL EFFECT EARLY NEXT YEAR. SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS WERE MADE RECENTLY.
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