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SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1985
ONE MORE DAY FOR FISHERMEN'S CLAIMS
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ONE MORE DAY WILL BE GIVEN FOR FISHERMEN TO REGISTER CLAIMS FOR EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE IN CONNECTION WITH A PROPOSED RECLAMATION PROJECT AT TSANG TSUI IN TUEN MUN..
A "SPOKESMAN FOR THE 'DISTRICT OFFICE SAID TODAY THAT DUE TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF CLAIMANTS, REGISTRATION WOULD CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE 5), STARTING AT 10 AM, AT TSANG TSUI.
ONLY THOSE FISHERMEN WHO HAD TURNED. UP ON MAY 21 AND 24 WITH THE IR BOATS AND WHO HAD BEEN GIVEN A NUMBERED SLIP OF PAPER WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER.
MANY OF THE CLAIMANTS WHO HAD COMPLETED THEIR REGISTRATION FORMS WERE FOUND TO BE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CLAIMS, HE SAID,
THE CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY ARE:
* THE BOAT MUST BE BASED IN THE AREA FROM BLACK POINT TO
TAI SHUI HANG.
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IT MUST NOT BE MORE THAN 50 FEET IN LENGTH.
* IT MUST HAVE BEEN FISHING IN THE AFFECTED AREA.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE NUMBER OF BOATS ACTUALLY FISHING IN THE AREA WAS KNOWN TO BE VERY SMALL.
+BUT THE NUMBER OF BOATS TURNING UP ON THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF REGISTRATION WAS SEVERAL TIMES LARGER.
+ THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE PAYABLE WILL BE SMALL, AND FISHERMEN WHO HAVE NO VALID CLAIM ARE URGED NOT TO WASTE THE IR TIME BY COMING TO REGISTER ON JUNE 5, HE SAID.
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