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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1988

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"THE CHANGES REFERRED TO IN THE WHITE PAPER ARE ONLY A FIRST STEP THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME IN THE YEARS AHEAD. DURING 1988 THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG WILL BE LOOKING WITH PARTICULAR INTEREST AND CONCERN AT THE DRAFT BASIC LAW.

"ULTIMATELY, HOWEVER, THE SUCCESS OF HONG KONG, NOW AND IN THE

KONG. FUTURE, WILL DEPEND ON THE PEOPLE OF HONG

IF

TO WE CONTINUE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OURSELVES, AND IN WHAT WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN ACHIEVE, I AM SURE WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROSPER AND SUCCEED.

"WE ARE NOW

SYMBOLISES DYNAMISM, FOR WHICH HONG KONG

ENTERINO THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON. THE DRAGON INTELLIGENCE AND EXCELLENCE. THESE ARE QUALITIES IS RENOWNED. THEY WILL CARRY US FORWARD то

INCREASING SUCCESS IN THE YEARS TO COME.

"WE WOULD BOTH LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH YOU ALL AND YOUR FAMILIES GOOD HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND GOOD FORTUNE FOR THE NEW YEAR."

FIRM ACTION TAKEN AGAINST ILLEGAL FISH MARKETING

FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND

GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION ΤΟ DETER TODAY (TUESDAY) REITERATED THE

BE AN ISSUE OF ILLEGAL FISH MARKETING ACTIVITIES WHICH CONTINUE TO CONSIDERABLE CONCERN.

"THE

AGRICULTURE

AND

FISHERIES

DEPARTMENT

AND THE FISH TO ENFORCE

THE

BUT

MARKETING ORGANISATION (PMO) HAVE NOT ONLY CONTINUED MARINE FISH (MARKETING) ORDINANCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE POLICE,

THE ORDINANCE TO COPE WITH THE HAVE ALSO MADE PROPOSALS TO AMEND PRESENT SITUTATION, DR LEE SAID.

"THE PROPOSED

AMENDMENTS WERE

PASSED

BY

THE LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL LAST MONTH.

OF INCREASING THE AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE HAVE THE EFFECT

LEVEL OF $1,000 то THE MAXIMUM FINES BY TENFOLD, FROM THE PREVIOUS

AND PRESCRIBING MORE $10,000, FOR SUCH ILLEGAL MARKETING ACTIVITIES, STRINGENT CONTROL OVER THE LANDING AND TRANSPORT OF MARINE FISH.

WHOLESALE

DR

HELD AT THE

LEE MARKET,

SAID THE FMO HAD ALSO MANAGEMENT INDIVIDUAL MARKETS TO STRENGTHEN

SPEAKING AT THE PMO ANNUAL PRIZE-GIVING CEREMONY

FISH ABERDEEN REVIEWED THE OPERATION OF AND INCREASE EFFICIENCY.

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