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TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1988
MILLION HAVE THEM
THE GOVERNMENT HAD MADE AVAILABLE $4.5 ALLOWANCES TO AFFECTED OYSTERS FROM THE SEABED.
OYSTER
ΤΟ FARMERS
IN EX-GRATIA REMOVE THEIR
IN ADDITION, THE GOVERNMENT ALSO ACCEPTED TWO PROPOSALS BY OMELCO AS A RESULT OF A PETITION FROM SOME OF THE OYSTER FARMERS.
THE
PART THE FIRST PROPOSAL WAS THAT WHERE A MAJOR
OF AN OYSTER
BED WAS CLEARED FOR THE MARINE
PROJECT, TRANSPORTATION ROUTE RENDERINGTHE CULTIVATION OF THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE OYSTER BED OUTSIDE THE ROUTE ECONOMICALLY UNVIABLE, THE ADMINISTRATION CONSIDER MAKING A SPECIAL ALLOWANCE TO THE AFFECTED OYSTER FARMERS.
TO
ANY THE
WOULD
THERE WERE
EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE, OF THE SATISFACTION
THE SECOND PROPOSAL FROM THE OMELCO WAS THAT WHERE CLAIMS FROM FARMERS WHO HAD NOT BEEN GIVEN BUT WHO WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE EVIDENCE, ADMINISTRATION, THAT THEY HAD BEEN GENUINELY CONDUCTING OYSTER CULTIVATION WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA, THE CONSIDER SUCH CLAIMS AND MAKE APPROPRIATE EX-GRATIA PAYMENTS.
ADMINISTRATION
WOULD
CLAIMANT THE
PER WAS APPROVED BY
IN FACT, THE PROPOSED ADDITIONAL OFFER OF $1,950 IN COMPENSATION FOR THE LOSS IN FARM EQUIPMENT FINANCE COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 9, 1987.
THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE HAD ISSUED OFFER LETTERS TO THE ELIGIBLE OYSTER FARMERS CONCERNING THESE TWO PROPOSALS.
MEETING ON JANUARY 7.
REPRESENTATIVES OF UNITED ASSOCIATION TODAY
AT THE REQUEST OF 16 FARMERS DURING A THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALAN WONG, MET THE NEW TERRITORIES OYSTER AND TO HEAR THEIR VIEWS.
CRUSTACEAN
DURING THE
AND
ONE-AND-A-HALF HOUR
RE
A CLAIMS
MEETING, MR WONG TOLD THE THE SIDE SCAN
PRACTICABLE,
SONAR FAIRLY FOR EX-GRATIA
REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERED
TO SURVEY, ACCOMPANIED BY DIVING CHECKS, ACCURATE
RELIABLE METHOD ΤΟ ASSESS ALLOWANCES AND THAT THERE WAS NO NEED ΤΟ CONDUCT ANOTHER DIVING SURVEY AFRESH AS REQUESTED BY SOME OYSTER FARMERS.
"THE RATE OF EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES OFFERED BY THE GOVERNMENT WAS REASONABLE AND
HAD IN FACT REEN INCREASED $9.40 PER SQUARE METRE TO $10.90 PER SQUARE METRE,
IT
RECENTLY FROM MR WONG SAID.
OF
"SINCE DECEMBER 1985, THE DISTRICT OFFICE HAS HELD A SERIES MEETINGS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TWO OYSTER FARMERS' ASSOCIATIONS IN LAU FAU SHAN AND OTHER PARTIES CONCERNED ΤΟ DISCUSS DETAILED ARRANGEMENTS," HE ADDED.
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