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TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1989

NORMAL IMPORTS OF PRODUCE FROM CHINA

THE

AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) ASSURED THE PUBLIC THAT NORMAL IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES PRODUCE CONTINUE TO ARRIVE FROM CHINA AND THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF FOOD SUPPLY IN THE TERRITORY.

"THE WHOLESALE MARKETS FOR POULTRY, FRUIT, IMPORTED VEGETABLES, AND FRESH-WATER FISH THAT THE DEPARTMENT MANAGES WERE RUNNING NORMALLY TODAY AND THROUGHPUT WAS MAINTAINED AT A LEVEL NOT DIFFERENT FROM NORMAL TRADING DAY, " A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

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"IN FACT, BOTH THE CHEUNG SHA WAN AND WESTERN POULTRY TEMPORARY WHOLESALE MARKETS RECORDED HIGHER IMPORTS AND INCREASED TRADING THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF THE GREATER DEMAND GENERATED TUEN NG FESTIVAL, HE SAID.

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THE SEVEN WHOLESALE FISH MARKETS MANAGED BY THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION ARE ALSO OPERATING NORMALLY AND THERE IS NO THE SUPPLY OF MARINE FISH.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THERE WAS A SHORT INTERVAL WHEN THE VEGETABLE MARKETING ORGANISATION'S CHEUNG SHA WHOLESALE MARKET REGISTERED FEWER VEGETABLE-CARRYING SHENZHEN.

"IT WAS LATER ASCERTAINED THAT THIS WAS CAUSED TRAFFIC DELAY AT THE MAN KAM TO BORDER. TRADING AT THE WHOLESALE MARKET RETURNED TO NORMAL AFTER NOON.

THIS MORNING WAN VEGETABLE VEHICLES FROM

ENTIRELY BY A VMO VEGETABLE

"BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER DEMAND IN VIEW OF THE STOPPAGE BY THE TRADERS TOMORROW, THE AVERAGE PRICES VEGETABLES HAVE GONE UP BY ABOUT 30 PER CENT," HE SAID.

THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT THE FOOD SUPPLY IN HONG NORMAL AND THERE WERE SUFFICIENT IMPORTS FROM OTHER PLACES THAILAND, TAIWAN AND THE UNITED STATES.

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"THERE IS THEREFORE NO CAUSE FOR PEOPLE TO BUY MORE NECESSARY AS THERE ARE SUFFICIENT SUPPLIES AVAILABLE,' THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

HE ADDED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY THE FOOD SJPPLY SITUATION.

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