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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1988
IT'S
APART FROM SUITABLY ADJUSTING THE BUSINESS HOURS OF INDIVIDUAL MARKETS TO MEET OPERATIONAL NEEDS, THE FMO CONTINUED TO DEVOTE EFFORT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND REPROVISIONING OF THE MARKETS.
KWUN TONG NEXT COMPLETED
HE SAID THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE NEW MARKET IN WAS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY AND IT WAS
MONTH.
EXPECTED
TO BE
MARINE FISH (MARKETING)
HR ADVISED FISHERMEN TO ABIDE BY THE ORDINANCE AND SELL ALL THEIR CATCHES THROUGH THE FMO FISH MARKETS.
THE PAST REVIEWING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FISHING INDUSTRY IN
FISHING. YEAR, DR LEE SAID: "THE WEATHER WAS GENERALLY FAVOURABLE FOR
WHILE THE PRICES POR FISH WERE THE SUPPLY OF FUEL OIL WAS STEADY QUITE SATISFACTORY.
SUSTAIN FISHERMEN'S CONFIDENCE "THESE FACTORS HAVE HELPED TO
IN BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRY, RESULTING IN THEIR CONTINUAL INVESTMENT
OF DEVELOPMENT
THE OFFSHORE FISHERIES NEW FISHING VESSELS FOR THE
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INDUSTRY.
1987 IN THE FMO FISH THE LANDINGS OF FISHERMEN IN
TONNES VALUED REMAINED AT THE 1986 LEVEL, TOTALLING 68,000 MILLION, HE SAID.
MARKETS AT $493
ΤΟ
HELP PRODUCTIVITY.
DR LEE ALSO SPOKE OF OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED BY HIS
THE FISHING DEVELOP
DEPARTMENT
FLEET
AND HELP
FISHERMEN
INCREASE
"OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS,
102
LOANS TOTALLING
WERE ISSUED FROM THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION OTHER LOAN FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT,
DR LEE
SAID HIS
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$17.5 MILLION LOAN FUND AND THE HE SAID.
ALSO PROVIDED
NAVIGATION,
THE ACQUIRE
DEPARTMENT
ON COURSES VOCATIONAL TRAINING RADIO-TELEPHONY TO ASSIST THEM TO KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.
FISHERMEN ENGINEERING
WITH
AND
NECESSARY UP-TO-DATE
TRAINING COURSES ON IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNDERWATER
AND
"TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF THE FISHERMEN, FIRST AID AND DIVING SAFETY WERE ORGANISED ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE, THE HONG KONG LABOUR DEPARTMENT," HE SAID.
TO
DATE, TRAINING COURSES,
FEDERATION,
MORE THAN 5,900
HAD FISHERMEN
ATTENDED VARIOUS
ΤΟ
AND
AND
LAST YEAR, THE FMO AWARDED $81,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS
FUND
FOUR SCHOLARSHIP
STUDENTS LOANS FROM THE MARINE FISH
THE FISHING FISHERMEN CHILDREN AND SPONSORED NINE FISHERMEN TO STUDY INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA.
/AT THE