TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1992
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SURVEY ON TIMBER INDUSTRY PLANNED
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INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS MET THIS (TUESDAY) MORNING WITH A LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, MR CHAN WAI-YIP, AND THE CHAIRMAN AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON TIMBER MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.
AT THE MEETING, THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT INFORMED THE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES THAT THE DEPARTMENT PLANNED TO CARRY OUT SURVEY TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR
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QUESTIONNAIRE
INDUSTRY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE SURVEY WOULD HELP THE DEPARTMENT ESTABLISH THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR INDUSTRY TO HONG KONG.
"THE ASSOCIATION HAS ASSURED US OF THEIR FULL THE SURVEY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
"THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY WILL ASSIST IN FUTURE LAND USE BY GOVERNMENT, HE ADDED.
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CO-OPERATION IN
THE PLANNING OF
STUDY TOUR ON FISHERIES
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A 17-MEMBER DELEGATION FROM LOCAL FISHING DEPART THIS THURSDAY (OCTOBER 29) FOR SINGAPORE AUSTRALIA TO STUDY THEIR MODERN FISHING, PROCESSING MARKETING SYSTEMS.
COMMUNITY WILL AND NORTHEAST TECHNOLOGY AND
ΤΟ MARK THE DELEGATION'S DEPARTURE, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, PRESENTED A BANNER TO A REPRESENTATIVE, MR CHENG FOR-YAU, AT A CEREMONY AT THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, DR LEE SAID THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION HAD ARRANGED 10 SIMILAR OVERSEAS STUDY TOURS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD SINCE 1981.
COUNTRIES VISITED BY PREVIOUS STUDY GROUPS INCLUDED THE UNITED KINGDOM, NORWAY, DENMARK, THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, SINGAPORE, CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES.
DR LEE WAS PLEASED TO NOTE THAT RESPONSE TO EACH OF THESE TOURS HAD BEEN ENCOURAGING AND THAT THE VISITS DID BENEFIT THE TERRITORY'S FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT.
THIS YEAR, DR LEE SAID, THE 12-DAY TOUR TO SINGAPORE AND QUEENSLAND IN NORTHEAST AUSTRALIA HAS BEEN ARRANGED WITH THE HELP OF THE RESPECTIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICES IN HONG KONG.
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