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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1983
MR JACOBS SAID RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES IN THE EARLY 1970'S SHOWED THAT FARMING OYSTERS IN CAGES SUSPENDED WELL CLEAR OF THE SEA BOTTOM WOULD IMPROVE YIELD BY HALVING THE GROWTH CYCLE AND WOULD REDUCE THE RISK OF THE OYSTERS BEING CONTAMINATED BY THE SILT AND OTHER POLLUTANTS SUSPENDED CLOSE TO THE SEA BOTTOM.
AN ALTERNATIVE SITE SUITABLE FOR OYSTER FARMING AND RELATIVELY FREE FROM POLLUTION WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED IN TUNG CHUNG BAY ON LANTAU ISLAND. HOWEVER, NO OYSTER FARMERS HAD MOVED THERE.
MR JACOBS SAID THE RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH HAD BEEN PASSED TO THE OYSTER FARMERS IN DEEP BAY.
+ IT SEEMS HOWEVER, THAT FEW, IF ANY, OYSTER FARMERS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS RESEARCH, HE ADDED.
ANOTHER CLINIC FOR TAI PO
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TAI PO IS TO HAVE ANOTHER OUT-PATIENT CLINIC FOR ITS GROWING POPULATION, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR THE HON K.L. THONG, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
WORK ON THE CLINIC IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT YEAR, HE SAID.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MR CHAN YING-LUN, CONCERNING MEDICAL AND OUT-PATIENT FACILITIES IN THE AREA.
DR THONG SAID THAT THE DISTRICT IS AT PRESENT SERVED BY THE TAI PO JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC, WHICH PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES.
OUT-PATIENT, EYE, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, FAMILY PLANNING, CHEST AND SPECIAL SKIN SERVICES ARE INCLUDED, HE SAID.
+ IT ALSO PROVIDES FACILITIES TO CATER FOR ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY CASES ON A 24-HOUR BASIS, AND ONE ADDITIONAL CONSULTING ROOM, MAKING A TOTAL OF FOUR, HAS BEEN PUT INTO OPERATION IN THIS CLINIC SINCE APRIL THIS YEAR.
+THUS, IT IS CONSIDERED THAT THE EXISTING FACILITIES, TOGETHER WITH THE SCHEDULED IMPROVEMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, ARE ADEQUATE TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AT TAI PO, HE SAID.
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