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Tuesday, December 4, 1973

SECOND ADVANCE PAYMENTS TO LAMMA FISH FARMERS

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Further advance payments will be made by the Government to

fish farmers in Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma, for losses of fish suffered by them

following last month's Shell oil spillage.

The payments will be made at the South Lamma Rural Committee

Office at Sok Kwu Wan between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Thursday (December 6)

and between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Friday (December 7). Those farmers

who have not yet collected their first payment may do an at the same time.

A spokesman for the New Territories Administration said today

(Tuesday) that the payments would be made ou the same basis as those made

10 days ago

that is to say, against further lenses established by the

Agriculture and Fisheries Department in conjunction with the staff of the

District Office, Islands.

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"Although it is considered that the Government is under no obligation

to make any payments in respect of the oil spillage, it has been decided

to nake these payments to relieve the hardship which has occurred," he

stressed.

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