MONDAY, JULY 25, 1988
5
DEADLINE FOR RELIEF APPLICATIONS
TO
IN THE THE
I
NOEDY FARMERS WISHING TO APPLY FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF HELP RESTORE THEIR FARMS DAMAGED BY LAST WEDNESDAY'S FLOODING. NEW TERRITORIES WERE ADVISED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS WOULD CLOSE AT 5 PM ON WEDNESDAY (JULY 27).
THEY SHOULD MAKE
THEIR
APPLICATIONS
PERSONALLY
DETAILS OF THEIR LOSSES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ANY FISHERIES AND AGRICULTURAL OFFICES:
*
*
AU TAU FISHERIES OFFICE,
AU TAU, YUEN LONG.
YUEN LONG DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL OFFICE, TAI KIU MARKET,
YUEN LONG GOVERNMENT OFFICES,
YUEN LONG.
TAI PO DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL OFFICE,
TAI PO GOVERNMENT OFFICES,
TING KOK ROAD,
TAI PO.
KO PO AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION OFFICE, KO PO, FANLING.
SAI KUNG AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION OFFICE. HO CHUNG, SAI KUNG.
MUI WO AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION OFFICE, SILVER MINE BAY,
AND
PROVIDE
OF THE FOLLOWING
MUI WO.
A DEPARTMENT
SPOKESMAN
THAT SAID
SINCE THE START OF THE APPLIED TO THE DEPARTMENT
OPERATION LAST THURSDAY, 711 FARMERS HAD
FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF GRANTS.
OF THE APPLICANTS ALREADY REGISTERED SO FAR, 574 WERE CROP LIVESTOCK FARMERS WHILE THE REMAINING 137 WERE POND FISH FARMERS.
AND
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THEIR
APPLICATIONS
WERE
BEING VETTED TO
ASCERTAIN THEIR ELIGIBILITY.
THE AMOUNT OF GRANT WOULD BE BASED ON THE
OF $1,440, MAXIMUM REQUIRED IN EACH CASE WITH A NATURE OF THEIR FARMS.
REHABILITATION COST
DEPENDING ON THE
GRANTS, APPROVED
OR
"
FOR APPLICATIONS "IN VIEW OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR INVESTIGATION BEFORE THEY CAN BE OTHERWISE.
"AFTER CHECKING AND
ASSESSMENT,
FOUND JUSTIFIED WILL BE NOTIFIED CONCERNING THE GRANTS. AND THOSE UNSUCCESSFUL WILL ALSO BE INFORMED,
APPLICANTS WHOSE CASES ARE COLLECTION OF THEIR
-
HE ADDED.