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TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1978

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FARMERS AND FISHERMEN RECEIVE $1.25 MILLION ALLOWANCE

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AGRICULTURE AND FISH POND FARMERS HAVE RECEIVED $1.25 MILLION IN REHABILITATION ALLOWANCES AS A RESULT OF DAMAGE TO CROPS AND PONDS CAUSED BY SEVERE TROPICAL STORM AGNES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID $1,230,000 HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO 7,640 FARMERS ENGAGED IN VEGETABLE, FLOWER AND FRUIT TREE PRODUCTION AND $28,530 TO 88 POND FISH FARMERS.

MOST OF THE CROP DAMAGE, CAUSED BY RAIN AND FLOODS, WERE REPORTED IN THE TAI PO AND YUEN LONG DISTRICTS WHILE MOST OF THE POND FISH FARMS WHICH SUFFERED LOSS WERE IN THE NGAU TAM ME AND SAN TIN AREAS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE REHABILITATION ALLOWANCE WAS MADE TO ASSIST THE FARMERS RE-ESTABLISH THEIR CROPS WITH SEEDS AND FRY.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

SURVEY OF FACTORY PREMISES

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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL CARRY OUT A SURVEY OF FACTORY PREMISES IN QUARRY BAY TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) WITH THE AIM OF ABATING POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARDS.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE SURVEY WHICH BEGINS AT 9.30 A.M.

YOUR REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD MEET DIVISIONAL OFFICER KEN HODGKINS OUTSIDE NO.8 SHIPYARD LANE, QUARRY BAY NOT LATER THAN 9.30 A.M.

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