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SATURDAY, JULY 7
1990
WELL
WAS
SOCIETIES MEMBERS'
HAD DONE VERY DR LEE SAID FISHERMEN'S CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN THE PAST YEAR. A TOTAL SURPLUS OF SOME $362,000 REGISTERED IN 1989 FOR ALL THE 66 FISHERIES CO-OPERATIVE AND THE CUMULATIVE REVOLVING LOAN FUND CAPITAL BUILT UP FROM SAVINGS STOOD AT $6.5 MILLION.
MILLION FROM THE ADMINISTERED BY BUILDING OF NEW FISHING
$11.58 MEMBERS OBTAINED LOANS AMOUNTING TO SOME THEIR OWN LOAN FUNDS AND FROM THE LOAN FUNDS DEPARTMENT FOR PRODUCTIVE PURPOSES SUCH AS VESSELS AND THE PURCHASE OF FISHING EQUIPMENT.
DR LEE SAID IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR, 12 MEMBERS OF FISHERMEN'S CO- TO OPERATIVE SOCIETIES PARTICIPATED IN AN 11-DAY FISHERIES STUDY TOUR HOLLAND, WEST GERMANY AND DENMARK ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
PARTICIPANTS
COUNTRIES AND KONG FISHING
THE "THIS STUDY TOUR PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TO EXAMINE THE MODERN FISHING TECHNOLOGY USED IN THESE
HONG IN THE TO GAUGE THEIR SUITABILITY FOR INDUSTRY.
ADOPTION
AS
"I HOPE THE TOUR WOULD GIVE ADDED INSPIRATION TO OUR FISHERMEN TO IMPROVE THEIR FISHING TECHNIQUES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE INDUSTRY A WHOLE," HE SAID.
THIS DR LEE ADDED THAT AT THE END OF MARCH
YEAR, THERE WERE
388
SOCIETIES CO-OPERATIVE
REGISTERED WITH
AND THE AGRICULTURE FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WITH A TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF 23,053.
LEE LATER PRESENTED AWARD CERTIFICATES
RECOGNITION OF
TO
THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE
MRS DR LEE AND CO-OPERATIVE WORKERS IN MOVEMENT OVER THE PAST YEARS.
FRENCH STUDENTS LEARN MORE ABOUT HK
FOR 10 FRENCH STUDENTS ON A STUDY TRIP IN THE TERRITORY, MEETING TODAY (SATURDAY) WITH THE REGIONAL
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AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, HAS BEEN AND USEFUL"
"MOST
MR LAN IS NO STRANGER TO THE STUDENTS D'ETUDE POLITIQUE.
THEIR
SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG INTERESTING, ENLIGHTENING
ALL FROM THE INSTITUT
BACK IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, HE GAVE A TALK THE 1990'S" AT THEIR UNIVERSITY IN PARIS.
ON "HONG KONG IN
THE TALK GENERATED SO MUCH INTEREST ABOUT HONG KONG STUDENTS DECIDED TO MAKE A STUDY TRIP TO THE TERRITORY.
THAT SOME
/THIS MORNING