THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1989
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MEASURES TO STAMP OUT MALPRACTICES AT TAI PO FISH MARKET
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THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION (FMO)'S STRINGENT MEASURES STAMP OUT MALPRACTICES IN FISH MARKETING ACTIVITIES WILL SOON BE EXTENDED TO THE TAI PO WHOLESALE FISH MARKET.
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WITH EFFECT FROM DECEMBER
THE TAI PO FISH MARKET AUTHORITIES, BACKED UP BY THE POLICE, WILL STRICTLY FORBID THE LABELLING OF FISH BEFORE TRANSACTION.
"THE MOVE AIMS TO IMPROVE MARKET ORDER, PREVENT MANIPULATION OF THE FISH PRICES AND TO ENSURE THAT FISH BUYERS COULD TAKE PART IN A FAIR TRANSACTION OF THE FISH CATCH," THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (FISHERIES) OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT. CHRISTOPHER LEE, EXPLAINED TODAY THURSDAY).
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ACCESS TO THE SORTING FLOOR OF THE TAI PO FISH MARKET HAD BEEN STRICTLY RESTRICTED TO FISHERMEN, THEIR AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES WHO WERE ISSUED WITH PERMITS, FISH BUYERS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO GO IN, HE SAID.
THE MEASURE WAS DESIGNED TO STAMP OUT THE INFILTRATION OF TRIAD ELEMENTS ON THE SORTING FLOOR, RESULTING IN GOOD-QUALITY FISH BEING PRE-SELECTED. MARKED AND MANIPULATED THROUGH THE SALE PROCESS, HE ADDED.
CONTROLS WERE
DR LEE NOTED THAT SIMILAR STRINGENT MARKETING ALREADY IN FORCE IN THE FMO'S CHEUNG SHA WAN, ABERDEEN AND SHAU KEI WAN WHOLESALE FISH MARKETS AND THE RESULTS HAD BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING.
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IN THE SHAU KEI WAN FISH MARKET, THE AVERAGE PRICE OF FISH FETCHED AT AUCTIONS HAS GONE UP BY 50 PER CENT AND THE VOLUME OF FISH TRADED HAS ALSO INCREASED SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW CONTROL MEASURES.
'THIS SHOWS THAT THE MEASURES ARE EFFECTIVE IN ENSURING A FAIR PRICE FOR THE FISH.' HE CONTINUED.
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SIMILAR CONTROLS WERE UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR INTRODUCTION THE CASTLE PEAK WHOLESALE FISH MARKET EARLY NEXT YEAR. HE ADDED.
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OF FISH
THE TAI PO FISH MARKET. WHICH HOLDS TWO TRADING SESSIONS MORNING, USUALLY ATTRACTS SOME 70 BUYERS AND ABOUT 12 TONNES ARE TRADED DAILY.
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