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MONDAY, MAY 22, 1989
DI SAI KUNG AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION OFFICE, HO CHUNG, SAI KUNG.
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MUI WO AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION OFFICE, SILVER MINE BAY, WO.
MUI
A DEPARTMENT
SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IF FARMERS HAD SUFFERED EXTENSIVE DAMAGES OR EXPERIENCED EXTREME HARDSHIP, AND REQUIRED URGENT
THEMSELVES, THEY RELIEF TO REHABILITATE
BE WOULD
ELIGIBLE FOR A RELIEF GRANT UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $1.520 FROM THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND.
"AFTER INITIAL REGISTRATION, EACH CASE WILL BE INVESTIGATED, CHECKED AND ASSESSED. AND ONLY GENUINE FULL-TIME FARMERS WHO SUFFER THEIR FINANCIAL HEAVY LOSSES AND ARE IN NEED OF THE GRANT TO RELIEVE DISTRESS, WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THE GRANT, HE SAID.
ACCORDING TO LATEST REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE
TODAY, OF FISH SAN TIN,
DEPARTMENT
TYPHOON
CAUSED BRENDA
FLOODING AT SOME 130 HECTARES PONDS IN NORTHWESTERN NEW TERRITORIES COVERING SHEUNG SHUI, NGAU TAM MEI, KAM TIN, LOK MA CHAU, PAK LAI AND YUEN LONG.
TONNES, THE LOSSES OF POND FISH WERE ESTIMATED AT 250 ABOUT $2.8 MILLION.
COSTING
EASTERN
IN ADDITION, 250 HECTARES OF FARMLAND IN YUEN LONG AND NEW TERRITORIES WERE FLOODED. LIVESTOCK LOSSES, MAINLY IN YUEN LONG,
AND INCLUDED SOME 66,000 CHICKENS, 6,000 DUCKS, 1,300 PAIRS OF PIGEON 1,000 PIGS.
LIVESTOCK
"THE DEPARTMENT HAS ASSESSED THE DAMAGES TO CROP AND AND THE LOSSES ARE ESTIMATED AT $6 MILLION, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
BAN ON SOMALIAN IVORY EFFECTIVE TOMORROW
*
THAT THE
IVORY TRADERS WERE TODAY (MONDAY) REMINDED AGRICULTURE ABD FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WOULD CEASE TO ACCEPT AS APPLICATIONS FOR IVORY IMPORTS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM SOMALIA
FROM TOMORROW,
BY THE UNITED AND ON IVORY FROM
STATĖS UNITED
WITH
THE PROHIBITION FOLLOWED A GENERAL BAN IMPOSED STATES GOVERNMENT ON IVORY EXPORTED FROM SOMALIA SOMALIA RE-EXPORTED BY A THIRD EFFECT FROM FEBRUARY 24, 1989.
COUNTRY TO
THE
AS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WILL ALSO BAN ALL IVORY FROM ANY PERIOD COUNTRY WHICH IMPORTS SOMALIAN IVORY AFTER A THREE-MONTH GRACE ENDING TOMORROW, THE PROHIBITION IMPOSED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL ENSURE THAT HONG
CAN CONTINUE TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES.
KONG'S
WORKED IVORY
THE DEPARTMENT'S ....