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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1988

IT'S

APART FROM SUITABLY ADJUSTING THE BUSINESS HOURS OF INDIVIDUAL MARKETS TO MEET OPERATIONAL NEEDS, THE FMO CONTINUED TO DEVOTE EFFORT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND REPROVISIONING OF THE MARKETS.

KWUN TONG NEXT COMPLETED

HE SAID THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE NEW MARKET IN WAS PROGRESSING SMOOTHLY AND IT WAS

MONTH.

EXPECTED

TO BE

MARINE FISH (MARKETING)

HR ADVISED FISHERMEN TO ABIDE BY THE ORDINANCE AND SELL ALL THEIR CATCHES THROUGH THE FMO FISH MARKETS.

THE PAST REVIEWING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FISHING INDUSTRY IN

FISHING. YEAR, DR LEE SAID: "THE WEATHER WAS GENERALLY FAVOURABLE FOR

WHILE THE PRICES POR FISH WERE THE SUPPLY OF FUEL OIL WAS STEADY QUITE SATISFACTORY.

SUSTAIN FISHERMEN'S CONFIDENCE "THESE FACTORS HAVE HELPED TO

IN BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRY, RESULTING IN THEIR CONTINUAL INVESTMENT

OF DEVELOPMENT

THE OFFSHORE FISHERIES NEW FISHING VESSELS FOR THE

**

INDUSTRY.

1987 IN THE FMO FISH THE LANDINGS OF FISHERMEN IN

TONNES VALUED REMAINED AT THE 1986 LEVEL, TOTALLING 68,000 MILLION, HE SAID.

MARKETS AT $493

ΤΟ

HELP PRODUCTIVITY.

DR LEE ALSO SPOKE OF OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED BY HIS

THE FISHING DEVELOP

DEPARTMENT

FLEET

AND HELP

FISHERMEN

INCREASE

"OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS,

102

LOANS TOTALLING

WERE ISSUED FROM THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION OTHER LOAN FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT,

DR LEE

SAID HIS

17

$17.5 MILLION LOAN FUND AND THE HE SAID.

ALSO PROVIDED

NAVIGATION,

THE ACQUIRE

DEPARTMENT

ON COURSES VOCATIONAL TRAINING RADIO-TELEPHONY TO ASSIST THEM TO KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.

FISHERMEN ENGINEERING

WITH

AND

NECESSARY UP-TO-DATE

TRAINING COURSES ON IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNDERWATER

AND

"TO CATER FOR THE NEEDS OF THE FISHERMEN, FIRST AID AND DIVING SAFETY WERE ORGANISED ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE, THE HONG KONG LABOUR DEPARTMENT," HE SAID.

TO

DATE, TRAINING COURSES,

FEDERATION,

MORE THAN 5,900

HAD FISHERMEN

ATTENDED VARIOUS

ΤΟ

AND

AND

LAST YEAR, THE FMO AWARDED $81,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS

FUND

FOUR SCHOLARSHIP

STUDENTS LOANS FROM THE MARINE FISH

THE FISHING FISHERMEN CHILDREN AND SPONSORED NINE FISHERMEN TO STUDY INDUSTRY IN AUSTRALIA.

/AT THE