MONDAY, MARCH 26, 1984
SIR PHILIP SEES AGRICULTURE AND FISHERY WORK
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THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, TODAY (MONDAY) TOURED THE NEW TERRITORIES TO INSPECT THE WORK AND FACILITIES OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
SIR PHILIP, ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN, FLEW BY HELICOPTER TO THE FISHERIES RESEARCH SUB-STATION ON KAT O ISLAND IN MIRS BAY, WHERE HE SAW HATCHERY TANKS, MUSSELS UNDER CULTURE, AND MARINE FISH BEING REARED IN CAGES.
HE THEN FLEW TO THE TA KWU LING PIG BREEDING CENTRE WHERE HE INSPECTED PEDIGREE BOARS, THE ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION LABORATORY, AND THE PIG PRODUCTION UNIT FOR BREEDER PIGS.
AT THE TAI LUNG FARM, SIR PHILIP SAW MUSHROOM CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES, THE UTILISATION OF PLASTIC NETHOUSES AND A DEMONSTRATION OF PLANT PEST CONTROL.
EARLIER RESETTLEMENT ASHORE FOR BOAT DWELLERS ****
BOAT DWELLERS IN TUEN MUN TYPHOON SHELTER ARE BEING RESETTLED ASHORE TWO YEARS EARLIER THAN EXPECTED DUE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF A CLEARANCE OPERATION AIMED AT IMPROVING THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS.
ABOUT 3 000 BOAT DWELLERS ARE INVOLVED IN THE CLEARANCE WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR 1986, WHEN RECLAMATION OF THE AREA IS PLANNED TO START.
THE CLEARANCE IS CURRENTLY BEING UNDERTAKEN BY TUEN MUN DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE AND THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.
THE OPERATION INVOLVES CLEARING ABOUT 500 BOATS, MOST OF WHICH ARE DILAPIDATED AND DO NOT HAVE WATER, ELECTRICITY OR OTHER SERVICES.
THE BOAT DWELLERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR EITHER PUBLIC OR TEMPORARY HOUSING IN THE DISTRICT.
VACATED BOATS WILL BE DESTROYED, EXCEPT THOSE NOT USED FOR DOMESTIC PURPOSES WHICH HAVE BEEN LICENSED BY THE MARINE DEPARTMENT. THESE WILL BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN IN THE NEARBY PERMANENT SHELTER.
/THE TUEN