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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1988
HE SAID ACTION
WAS
BEING
TAKEN BY
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL AREAS FOR MARICULTURE.
ZONE
AT SHAM
THESE INCLUDED AN EXTENSION TO THE SHAM WAN FISH CULTURE IN LONG HARBOUR AND THE POSSIBLE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW ZONE CHUNG, KAT 0.
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HOWEVER, MR CHAMBERS POINTED OUT THAT MARICULTURE WAS ITSELF POLLUTING OCCUPATION BECAUSE OF THE ORGANIC MATTER WHICH WAS PUT INTO THE SEA TO FEED THE FISH AND THE KITCHEN AND TOILET WASTES WHICH WERE FREQUENTLY DISCHARGED BY THOSE LIVING ON THE FISH RAFTS.
"GIVEN THE INTENSITY OF COMPETING DEMANDS FOR THE USE OF COASTAL WATERS, PARTICULARLY FOR RECREATION, FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE MARICULTURE INDUSTRY IS EXPECTED TO BE LIMITED, HE CONCLUDED.
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MORE FINANCIAL AID LIKELY FOR LINGNAN COLLEGE
IT IS LIKELY THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL RECOMMEND AN INCREASE IN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR LINGNAN COLLEGE, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON RON BRIDGE, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON DANIEL TSE, MR BRIDGE SAID HE HOPED THAT RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS EFFECT WOULD BE MADE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
DR TSE HAD ASKED WHAT MEASURES THE GOVERNMENT INTENDED TO TAKE ON THE FUTURE OF LINGNAN COLLEGE AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT ASSESSMENT MADE BY THE UNITED KINGDOM COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL ACADEMIC AWARDS (CNAA) OF THE COLLEGE'S ACADEMIC PROGRAMME.
EXPLAINING THE BACKGROUND AGAINST WHICH THE CNAA CARRIED QUT ITS ASSESSMENT, MR BRIDGE SAID IN 1978 THE COLLEGE WAS REGISTERED AS A POST-SECONDARY COLLEGE UNDER THE POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES ORDINANCE.
"IT ADOPTS A 2-2-1 COURSE STRUCTURE: THAT IS TO SAY, TWO YEARS OF FORM 6; A TWO YEAR POST-FORM 6 COURSE LEADING TO A LINGNAN HIGHER DIPLOMA; AND ONE FURTHER YEAR LEADING TO A LINGNAN HONOURS DIPLOMA, HE SAID.
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