FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1990
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MARICULTURISTS LEARN HUSBANDRY TECHNIQUES
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VISITED THE YUNG HUSBANDRY
A GROUP OF 10 MARICULTURISTS TODAY (FRIDAY) SHUE AU FISH CULTURE ZONE TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES SOME OF THE
IN TECHNIQUES
FISH CULTURE INTRODUCED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD).
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (FISHERIES), SAW AN DR THOMAS YIP, THE MARICULTURISTS THE USE OF THE DISSOLVED SYSTEM IN ONE OF THE FISH FARMS AT YUNG SHUE AU,
OXYGEN
ON-SITE DEMONSTRATION OF DETECTION METER AND THE ABRATION
THE EQUIPMENTS, ACCORDING TO THE AFD, ARE ESSENTIAL FOR
MINIMISING FISH LOSS DUE TO OXYGEN DEPLETION IN THE WATER.
FISH FARMS IN YUNG SHUE AU HAD SUFFERED A HEAVY FISH LOSS
OXYGEN DEPLETION THREE YEARS AGO DUE TO SUDDEN
IN THE WATER. THE YUNG SHUE AU MARINE FISH MARICULTURISTS LATER FORMED THE
CULTURE
BUSINESS
A ASSOCIATION IN
HOPE TO PROMOTE
AMONG COOPERATION MARICULTURISTS TO PREVENT SIMILAR INCIDENTS IN FUTURE.
DISSOLVED
WITH TECHNICAL ADVICE FROM THE DEPARTMENT, THE MARICULTURISTS ROTATE AMONG THEMSELVES TO CONDUCT DAILY MONITORING OF OXYGEN LEVEL IN THEIR FISH CULTURE ZONE AERATE THE WATER WITH LEVEL IS LOW.
PROPER AERATION
THE AND ALERT FISH FARMERS TO SYSTEM WHENEVER THE OXYGEN
то
SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE TECHNIQUES, FISH FARMS AT YUNG SHUE AU HAVE NOT SUFFERED ANY FISH LOSS DUE
OXYGEN DEPLETION IN
THE WATER,
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THAT IT IS HOPED
THROUGH TODAY'S VISIT, MARICULTURISTS IN ZONES WILL OTHER FISH CULTURE
ADOPT SIMILAR
AVOID FUTURE FISH LOSS DUE TO DEPLETION OF OXYGEN.
ADVICE TO PARENTS ON ANNOUNCEMENT OF JSEA ALLOCATION RESULTS
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ALLOCATION OF AIDED SECONDARY 4 PLACES UNDER THE JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT (JSEA) SYSTEM WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON TUESDAY (AUGUST 7), AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
IN ANNOUNCING THIS, THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED PARENTS TO TAKE NOTE THAT STUDENTS ALLOCATED A SECONDARY 4 PLACE IN OTHER SCHOOLS OR A FULL-TIME POST-SECONDARY 3 CRAFT COURSE PLACE THROUGH THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION SHOULD REGISTER AT THE ALLOCATED SCHOOLS, TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, OR INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRES THE FOLLOWING DAY, THAT IS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8.
/A REGISTRATION