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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1989

REVIEWING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FISHING INDUSTRY IN YEAR, DR LEE SAID THAT AS THE WEATHER

THE PAST WAS GENERALLY FAVOURABLE FOR FLEET ENJOYED FISHING, THE FISHING

FOR THEIR A CATCHES. AND INVESTMENT IN THE BUILDING OF NEW VESSELS CONTINUED AT STEADY PACE.

SATISFACTORY

PRICES

THE FMO FISH MARKETS ΤΟ $589 MILLION, RESPECTIVELY

1988 IN THE LANDINGS OF FISHERMEN IN AMOUNTED TO 76,000 TONNES AND THEIR VALUE AMOUNTED

CENT 19 PER REPRESENTING INCREASES OF 10 PER CENT AND OVER THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR, HE SAID.

DEPARTMENT LOCAL FISHERMEN

DR LEE ALSO SPOKE OF OTHER SERVICES PROVIDED BY HIS

FISHING FLEET AND HELP TO HELP DEVELOP THE LOCAL INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY.

$18.8 "OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS," HE SAID, "100 LOANS TOTALLING

MARKETING ORGANISATION LOAN FUND MILLION WERE ISSUED FROM THE FISH AND OTHER LOAN FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT,"

DR LEE SAID

WITH HIS DEPARTMENT ALSO

FISHERMEN PROVIDED

ON VOCATIONAL TRAINING COURSES

NAVIGATION, ENGINEERING AND MARINE ASSIST THEM TO ELECTRONICS, SUCH AS RADAR AND WEATHER FACSIMILE, TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY UP-TO-DATE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.

"TO

FOR THE CATER

NEEDS OF

STUDY GROUPS ON FISHERMEN,

AT PROCEDURES EMERGENCY

SEA, FIRST AID AND

SAFETY WERE DIVING JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE, THE ORGANISED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ST

HONG KONG UNDERWATER FEDERATION AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT," HE SAID.

TO DATE, A

OF TOTAL

6,097

FISHERMEN HAD ATTENDED

VARIOUS

TRAINING COURSES, DR LEE ADDED.

24 FISHERMEN WHO

AT THE CEREMONY, DR LEE PRESENTED PRIZES TO LANDED THE TOP CATCHES IN THE FMO WHOLESALE FISH MARKETS LAST YEAR.

AMONG THEM, SIX FISHERMEN OF THE YEAR. SO-HA, MR CHAN TAI, MR

WERE ALSO AWARDED THE TITLES THEY ARE MR LAI KAU, MR LO LEUNG NGAU AND MR NG CHUEN-HEE.

OF CHAMPION LEUNG-WING, MR PO

FOR

THEIR WHO

CERTIFICATES WERE ALSO PRESENTED TO THREE FISHERMEN BRAVE DEEDS IN SAVING 14 PEOPLE AT SEA, AND TO FIVE FMO EMPLOYEES HAVE EACH SERVED THE ORGANISATION FOR 25 YEARS.

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