THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1987

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SEMINAR TO HELP PREVENT FISH KILL

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THE FIRST OF A NEW SERIES OF SEMINARS DESIGNED TO HELP MARICULTURISTS IMPROVE THEIR CULTURE TECHNIQUES WILL BE HELD TOMORROW

(FRIDAY) AT 3 PM AT THE

FISHERIES DEPARTMENT'S ABERDEEN PISHERIES OFFICE.

AT THE SEMINAR, A

AGRICULTURE AND

"DISSOLVED OXYGEN

DETECTION KIT" NEWLY

1 VELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE INTRODUCED TO FISH FARMERS TO HELP THEM PREVENT MORTALITY OF THEIR CULTURE STOCK CAUSED BY OXYGEN DEPLETION.

CONDUCTING THE SEMINAR WILL BE THE SENIOR FISHERIES RESEARCH OFFICER, DR RUDOLF WU, AND FISHERIES RESEARCH OFFICER, DR PAUL MAK.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

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THE SEMINAR WILL BE PRECEDED BY A PRESS BRIEFING AT 2 PM DURING WHICH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NEW KIT WILL BE DEMONSTRATED MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES.

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE BRIEFING.

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SPECIAL CAMPAIGN TO CHECK ON WORKERS' IDENTIFICATION

THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS CARRIED OUT A SPECIAL CAMPAIGN THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY TO FLUSH OUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

THE

DURING THE TWO-DAY OPERATION RECENTLY, LABOUR INSPECTORS VISITED 5,248 ESTABLISHMENTS TO INSPECT THE IDENTIFICATION OF WORKERS AND TO CHECK THAT EMPLOYERS FULFIL THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATION OF KEEPING PROPER RECORDS OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.

A TOTAL OF 11,100 WORKERS WERE CHECKED, OF WHOM SEVEN WERE FOUND WITHOUT PROPER PROOF OF IDENTITY. THEY WERE REFERRED TO THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

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