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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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