FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1988
MORE FARMERS APPLY FOR RELIEF GRANTS
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) REGISTERED APPLICATIONS FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF GRANTS FROM A FURTHER 349 FARMERS WHO HAD SUFFERED HEAVY LOSSES IN THE FLOODING THAT OCCURRED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ON WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THE NEW APPLICANTS, COMPRISING 306 CROP AND LIVESTOCK FARMERS AND 43 POND FISH FARMERS, BROUGHT TO 517 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS RECEIVED SO FAR BY THE DEPARTMENT.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN URGED CROP, LIVESTOCK AND POND FISH FARMERS WHO HAD SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGES OR EXTREME HARDSHIP TO COME FORWARD TO REPORT THEIR LOSSES.
THEY SHOULD MAKE THEIR REPORTS PERSONALLY TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING FISHERIES AND AGRICULTURAL OFFICES:
*
AU TAU FISHERIES OFFICE, AU TAU, YUEN LONG.
* YUEN LONG DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL OFFICE, ΤΑΙ
MARKET, YUEN LONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES, YUEN LONG.
TAI
KIU
PO DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL OFFICE, ΤΑΙ PO GOVERNMENT OFFICES, TING KOK ROAD, TAI PO.
* KO PO AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION OFFICE, KO PO, FANLING.
SAI KUNG AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION OFFICE, HO CHƯNG, SAI KUNG.
MUI WO AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION OFFICE, SILVER MINE BAY, MUI WO.
WILL
BE INVESTIGATED,
"AFTER INITIAL REGISTRATION, EACH CASE. CHECKED AND ASSESSED. AND ONLY THOSE WHO MEET THE CRITERIA WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR PAYMENT OF A RELIEF MAXIMUM OF $1,440," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
EMERGENCY RELIEF GRANT UP TO A
THAT FARMERS SHOULD POSSIBLE, HE SAID,
IT WAS, THEREFORE, FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT REPORT THEIR LOSSES TO THE DEPARTMENT AS SOON AS ADDING THAT THIS WOULD ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE A ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES SUFFERED.
FULLER
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