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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1990
THE SECRETARY SAID RECRUITMENT PUBLICITY HAD BEEN STEPPED UP TO BOOST THE SUPPLY OF RADIOGRAPHERS.
APART FROM DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION LEAFLETS ON THE TRAINING AND CAREER PROSPECTS OF RADIOGRAPHERS TO ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS, CAREER TALKS HAD ALSO BEEN ORGANISED FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVERS.
"THE HOSPITAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL PARTICIPATE IN CAREER EXHIBITIONS ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND MORE RECRUITMENT ADVERTISEMENTS WILL APPEAR IN THE PRESS, SHE SAID.
MRS WONG ADDED THAT AUTHORITY HAD BEEN OBTAINED FOR RECRUITING RADIOGRAPHER II (THERAPEUTIC) FROM OVERSEAS.
"ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO ADVERTISE THE VACANCIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THROUGH LOCAL NEWSPAPERS AND PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS, SHE SAID.
FISHERMEN WARNED TO AVOID DISPUTED AREAS
MEASURES ARE ALREADY IN PLACE TO WARN HONG KONG FISHERMEN NOT TO ENTER AREAS OF TERRITORIAL DISPUTE OR WHERE THEIR SAFETY MAY BE ENDANGERED, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON RAFAEL HUI, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE AREAS INCLUDED 200 NAUTICAL MILES OFF THE SHORE OF VIETNAM WHICH THAT COUNTRY CLAIMED TO BE ITS "EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE" MR HUI SAID IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON LAU WONG-FAT.
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TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVE, MR HUI SAID THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT HAD AN ON-GOING PROGRAMME FOR FISHERMEN WHICH INCLUDED:
NOTICES DISPLAYED AT ALL FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION WHOLESALE FISH MARKETS, LIAISON OFFICES, FISHERIES OFFICES AND FISHERMEN'S ORGANISATIONS PREMISES;
A BROADCAST ON "THE FISHERMEN'S HALF HOUR" WEEKLY PROGRAMME ON CHANNEL 5 OF RTHK; AND
MEETINGS,
SEMINARS AND VISITS, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE FISHERMEN WHO CONTEMPLATED FISHING IN WATERS WHICH MIGHT BE DANGEROUS.
MR HUI SAID THAT FISHERMEN WERE ALSO ENCOURAGED ΤΟ ADOPT MODERN NAVIGATIONAL AIDS SUCH AS SATELLITE NAVIGATORS, SO THAT THEY WOULD BE LESS LIKELY TO ENTER BY MISTAKE INTO AREAS OF DISPUTE OR DANGER.
"MOREOVER, WE REGULARLY CONDUCT TRAINING COURSES ON NAVIGATION AND THE USE OF NAVIGATIONAL AIDS, AND MAKE AVAILABLE LOW-INTEREST LOANS TO NEEDY FISHERMEN FOR THE INSTALLATION OF SUCH AIDS, HE ADDED.
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