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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1993
THE TRIAL ALSO DEMONSTRATED THAT IT WAS FEASIBLE VARIOUS TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION WASTE.
TO SEPARATE
DIRECTOR
MR EASON SAID IN THE LIGHT OF THE STUDY FINDINGS, THE
THE HONG KONG OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WAS NOW DISCUSSING WITH CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION ARRANGEMENTS TO HELP CONSERVE VALUABLE AT LANDFILLS.
SPACE
AIRPORT WORKS NO GREAT EFFECT ON FISH SUPPLY
THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME PROJECTS AND OTHER MAJOR DEVELOPMENT WORKS ENTAILING RECLAMATION WILL NOT AFFECT SIGNIFICANTLY THE OVERALL SUPPLY OF FRESH MARINE FISH TO HONG KONG.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ELIZABETH BOSHER, WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ALBERT CHAN WAI-YIP IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MRS BOSHER SAID THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES ESTIMATED THAT SOME 27,500 HECTARES OF INSHORE FISHING GROUNDS WOULD BE AFFECTED BY DREDGING, RECLAMATION AND MUD-DUMPING WORKS.
AS A RESULT, THE LIVELIHOOD OF SOME 4,000 FISHERMEN HABITUALLY OPERATING 1,500 SMALL FISHING BOATS IN THE WATERS BETWEEN LUNG KWU CHAU AND THE NINEPINS WILL BE AFFECTED TO A VARYING DEGREE.
SHE SAID THE ANNUAL PRODUCTION FROM THE AFFECTED AREAS REPRESENTED SOME 1.7 PER CENT, BY WEIGHT, OF THE TOTAL PRODUCTION OF THE HONG KONG FISHING FLEET.
WITH THE ASSISTANCE
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED, HAD HELD MEETINGS WITH THE AFFECTED FISHERMEN ΤΟ INFORM THEM OF THE PROGRAMME OF WORKS, OF THEIR ELIGIBILITY FOR EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE AND OF THE AVAILABILITY OF OTHER ASSISTANCE SUCH AS RE-TRAINING, PUBLIC HOUSING AND SOCIAL SECURITY.
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