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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1991
THE "TO MEET ACTUAL NEEDS, THE DEPARTMENT REVISED IN JULY 1990 PERMITTED MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS OF STRUCTURES FOR FISH FARMS OF VARIOUS FOR FARMS UNDER 200 SQUARE SIZES, RANGING FROM NINE SQUARE METRES
METRES TO 20 SQUARE METRES FOR FARMS OF 800 TO 1,000 SQUARE METRES.
"ALL
MARICULTURE
IN
1.750 THE
MARICULTURISTS AND NINE ASSOCIATIONS HAD BEEN INFORMED OF THE NEW RULES ON RAFT STRUCTURES BARLY AUGUST LAST YEAR."
HAVE ACCORDING TO SURVEY RECORDS, 410 FARMS WERE IDENTIFIED TO
STRUCTURES ON STRUCTURES USED FOR DWELLING PURPOSE AND 137 FARMS HAD RAFTS IN EXCESS OF THE AREA PERMITTED.
DR WONG SAID MARICULTURISTS WITH OVERSIZED STRUCTURE RAFTS WERE ASKED TO RECTIFY THEIR STRUCTURES BY THE END OF 1990.
ON THEIR SEPTEMBER,
MEANWHILE, DWELLERS IN 252 FARMS WHO HAVE ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION ON LAND WERE ADVISED TO CEASE DWELLING ON FISH RAFTS.
HAVE NO OTHER THE REMAINING DWELLERS ON RAFTS WHO CLAIMED TO
HOUSING DEPARTMENT (HD) FOR ACCOMMODATION HAD BEEN REFERRED TO THE ACTION. THE HD OFFERED REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR 131 OF THEM, BUT THE END OF JANUARY, ONLY 76 HAD ACCEPTED THE DEPARTMENT'S OFFER.
STRESSED DR WONG
THAT
BY
THE AUTHORITIES WOULD INITIATE RAFTS BY MARCH 19 PROSECUTION AGAINST THOSE STILL LIVE ON THE FISH THIS YEAR, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ACCEPT REHOUSING OFFER.
AFD'S ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST STARTED IN LATE SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.
OFFENDING
309 OUT OF
410 THE
FARMS BY EARLY FEBRUARY, STRUCTURES WERE FOUND TO HAVE CEASED DWELLING ON RAFTS.
MOREOVER, 37 CASES HAVE BEEN REFERRED FOR
OF THEM WERE PROSECUTED AND FINED.
MARICULTURISTS
WITH DWELLING
PROSECUTION AND 13
28
STRUCTURES, 48 HAD BREN HAVE BEEN REFERRED FOR
AS FOR THE 137 FARMS WITH OVERSIZED RECTIFIED TO THE PERMITTED MEASUREMENTS, PROSECUTION AND 12 WERE PROSECUTED AND FINED.
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