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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1994
NEW MARKET IS
THE SITUATED ON THE WEST KOWLOON RECLAMATION, ONE OF THE BEST OF ITS KIND IN THE REGION IN TERMS OF FACILITIES AND MANAGEMENT.
ITS PROXIMITY TO THE NEW CHRUNG SHA WAN WHOLESALE IS ALSO AN ASSET.
FOOD MARKET
LAST YEAR, FMO AND AFD, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE POLICE, CONTINUED TO MOUNT OPERATIONS TO TACKLE ILLEGAL MARINE FISH WHOLESALING ACTIVITIES, RESULTING IN 110 PROSECUTIONS, HE SAID.
MR LEE SAID A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES WERE PROVIDED ΤΟ THE LOCAL FISHERIES SECTOR BY FMO AND AFD.
APART FROM ARRANGING A STUDY TOUR TO MEXICO FOR THE FISHERY EXPO '93, LOANS OF MORE THAN $17 MILLION WERE MADE OUT TO FISHERMEN. ΤΟ THEM AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND SCHOLARSHIPS WERE ALSO PROVIDED THEIR CHILDREN.
AT THE CEREMONY, MR LEE PRESENTED SILVER SHIELDS TO THREE FISHERMEN WHO HAD SAVED LIVES AT SEA LAST YEAR.
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20 HE AWARDED LONG-SERVICE MEDALS TO
FMO STAFF MEMBERS CERTIFICATES TO FOUR GRADUATES OF SEA FISHING COXSWAIN ENDORSEMENT COURSE.
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THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR YIP SHUI-MING, ALSO PRESENTED
CATCH PRIZES TO 54 FISHERMEN WHO HAD EMERGED AS CHAMPIONS OF FISH THE TERRITORY'S FISHING PORTS LAST YEAR.
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SAI KUNG TO HOLD DISTRICT FESTIVAL
LIVELY ENTERTAINMENT AND CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMES WILL BE THE MAIN FARE OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT FESTIVAL FROM FEBRUARY 13 TO 27.
A CARNIVAL WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY (FEBRUARY 14) ON THE MAN YI PLAYGROUND AT YI CHUN STREET IN SAI KUNG TOWN CENTRE ΤΟ MARK THE OPENING OF THE TWO-WEEK FESTIVAL.
CHINESE OPERA AND CULTURAL ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCES WILL BE STAGED IN 13 DIFFERENT VENUES IN VARIOUS HOUSING ESTATES IN TSEUNG KWAN O AND THE SAI KUNG TOWN CENTRE.
THE HIGHLIGHT WILL BR TVB'S LIVE "ENJOY YOURSELF TONIGHT" PROGRAMME ON FEBRUARY 25. THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR MICHAEL SUEN, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE EVENT.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE, MR LING MAN-HOI, SAID THE FESTIVAL WAS HELD EVERY TWO YEARS TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY INTEGRITY AND HARMONY IN THE DISTRICT.
THE FESTIVAL IS ORGANISED BY THE 1994 SAI KUNG DISTRICT FESTIVAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE AND IS CO-ORGANISED BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICE, THE SAI KUNG CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL ADVANCEMENT ASSOCIATION AND THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATION.
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