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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1985

+THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A CANDLE-LIT SINGING PARADE LED BY A POPULAR SINGER, MR MICHAEL KWAN AND DISC-JOCKEYS FROM BOTH THE RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG AND COMMERCIAL RADIO. EVERYONE WILL SING TOGETHER THE IYY PEACE SONG SPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR THIS OCCASION, DR CHAN ADDED,

TICKETS PRICED AT $10 EACH, COVERING ADMISSION TO BOTH EVENTS, WILL BE AVAILABLE ON MONDAY (NOVEMBER 25) AT ALL BRANCHES OF TOM LÉS PIANO COMPANY LTD., YOUTH CENTRES UNDER THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF YOUTH GROUPS AND THE BREAKTHROUGH BOOKSTORE.

MAR ICULTURISTS REMINDED TO OPERATE LEGALLY

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THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) REMINDED MAR ICULTURISTS THAT IT IS AN OFFENCE IN LAW TO OPERATE MARINE FISH CULTURE WITHIN AND OUTSIDE A FISH CULTURE ZONE WITHOUT A VALID LICENCE.

OFFENDERS WILL BE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $20 000 AND ONE YEAR'S IMPRISONMENT UPON CONVICTION, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID MANY MARICULTURISTS HAD SET UP ILLEGAL OPERATIONS IN AND AROUND FISH CULTURE ZONES WITHOUT OBTAINING A LICENCE.

+SUCH ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES HAVE CAUSED CONSIDERABLE OBSTRUCTION TO THE LEGITIMATE MARICULTURISTS AND BLOCKED NAVIGATION FIARWAYS. THOSE ILLEGAL MARICULTURISTS WHO HAVE BEEN WARNED BUT FAIL TO REMOVE THEIR ILLEGAL RAFTS ARE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE SAID SINCE THE ENACTMENT OF THE MARINE FISH CULTURE ORDINANCE IN JULY 1982, 27 FISH CULTURE ZONES HAD BEEN GAZETTED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF MARICULTURISTS.

+SINCE THEN, OVER 2 600 APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FOR THE GRANTING OF FISH CULTURE SITES AND ABOUT 1 300 LICENCES HAVE BEEN ISSUED. THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THE REMAINING APPLICATIONS HAVE NOW BEEN PROCESSED AND ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO ISSUE THE SUCCESSFUL ONES WITH LICENCES,+ HE SAID.

HOWEVER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, THE DEMAND FOR FISH CULTURE SITES HAD FAR EXCEEDED THE CAPACITIES OF THE GAZETTED ZONES.

+APPLICANTS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOCATED SITES HAVE BEEN ADVISED

THEY HAVE ALSO THAT THE IR APPLICATIONS ARE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST. BEEN WARNED NOT TO OPERATE MARINE FISH CULTURE BEFORE THE ISSUE OF A VALID LICENCE, HE ADDED.

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