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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1981

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TRAINING COURSE ON CAGE CULTURE FOR FISH

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SIXTEEN REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVEN ASIAN COUNTRIES WILL TAKE PART IN A TRAINING COURSE ON CAGE CULTURE FOR FINFISH AT THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT'S FISHERIES RESEARCH STATION IN ABERDEEN FROM NOVEMBER 2 TO 12.

THE TRAINING COURSE IS ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT AND FUNDED BY THE SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT AND CO-ORDINATING PROGRAMME OF THE UNITED NATIONS.

COUNTRIES TO BE REPRESENTED ARE BANGLADESH, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, THE PHILIPPINES, SINGAPORE, SRI LANKA AND THAILAND.

LECTURES WILL BE GIVEN BY FISHERIES EXPERTS OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT ON THE SELECTION OF SITES, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF FLOATING CAGES AND RAFTS FOR CAGE CULTURE, SPECIES OF FISH CULTURED, FEEDS AND FEEDING, FISH DISEASES AND THE IR DIAGNOSIS AND CONTROL, AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF CAGE CULTURE.

APPEAL FOR STUDENTS' SUPPORT OF CHILDREN'S WARD

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AN APPEAL TO SCHOOL CHILDREN TO SUPPORT BY ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS THE +SCHOOL CHILDREN'S WARD+ IN THE RUTTON JEE SANATORIUM WAS MADE BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, IN A GENERAL SCHOOLS CIRCULAR.

THIS WARD OF 10 COTS IS THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG AND THE DONATIONS RECEIVED FROM SCHOOLS ENABLE THE CHILDREN THERE TO RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE AND ATTENTION WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE NOT BE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

+LAST YEAR, SCHOOLS CONTRIBUTED A SUM OF ABOUT $314 888, A SPLENDID ACHIEVEMENT AND A CREDIT TO ALL CONCERNED, SAID.

MR HAYE

HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT SCHOOLS WOULD CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THIS WARD BY INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE EFFORTS.

+ INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD AGAIN BE LIMITED TO 50 CENTS AND MUST BE ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY, BUT SCHOOLS MAY CONSIDER VARIOUS OTHER WAYS AND MEANS OF RAISING MONEY TO SUPPORT THIS PRAISEWORTHY CAUSE, THE DIRECTOR SAID.

SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS SHOULD BE SENT, PREFERABLY BY CROSSED CHEQUES PAYABLE TO THE HONG KONG TUBERCULOSIS, CHEST AND HEART DISEASES ASSOCIATION, TO THE DEPUTY SECRETARY (GENERAL) OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, LEE GARDENS, CAUSEWAY BAY

LEE GARDENS, CAUSEWAY BAY, HONG KONG FOR ONWARD TRANSMISSION TO THE ASSOCIATION. ENVELOPES SHOULD BE MARKED +ANTI-TB+,

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