XN000022-1990-01-24 — Page 10

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1990

CONSEQUENTLY THE CONCEPT OF VACANCIES TAKES ON SENSE AS FAR AS BUILDING CONTRACTORS ARE CONCERNED.

MUCH LOOSER

THIS ALSO HAS THE CONSEQUENCE THAT VACANCY DATA SUPPLIED BY CONTRACTORS OR SUB-CONTRACTORS ARE LIKELY TO BE SUBJECT TO RELATIVELY LARGE VARIATION IN REPORTING BEHAVIOUR.

AMONG THE SITES SURVEYED IN SEPTEMBER 1989, SOME WERE FOUND TO HAVE NO VACANCIES AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY. IT Is DIFFICULT ΤΟ DETERMINE WHETHER IN THESE SITES THE CONTRACTORS WERE ABLE ΤΟ FILL

ALL VACANCIES OR THEY HAD IN FACT DELAYED THE PROJECTS INSTEAD.

DETAILS OF THE SURVEY FINDINGS, TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODOLOGY, ARE PUBLISHED IN A "REPORT OF VACANCIES AT CONSTRUCTION SITES" COPIES OF THIS REPORT ARE AVAILABLE AT $7 PER COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, GROUND FLOOR, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.

ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY MAY BE DIRECTED ΤΟ THE EMPLOYMENT AND BARNINGS STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 8234758 OR 8234753.

CASTLE PEAK FISH MARKET STAMPS OUT MALPRACTICES

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MARKETING

STRINGENT MEASURES INTRODUCED BY THE FISH ORGANISATION (FMO) TO CURB MALPRACTICES IN FISH MARKETING ACTIVITIES WILL SOON BE EXTENDED TO THE CASTLE PEAK WHOLESALE FISH MARKET.

WHEN THE CASTLE PEAK FISH MARKET RESUMES BUSINESS ON FEBRUARY 3 AFTER THE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, FISH BUYERS WILL BE STRICTLY FORBIDDEN FROM LABELLING THE FISH BEFORE TRANSACTION.

MOREOVER, THE SORTING FLOOR OF THE MARKET WILL BE STRICTLY RESTRICTED TO FISHERMEN, THEIR AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN ISSUED WITH PERMITS. FISH BUYERS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO GO IN.

IN ENFORCING THESE MEASURES, THE CASTLE PEAK FISH MARKET AUTHORITIES WILL BE BACKED UP BY THE POLICE.

IN

"THE MOVE IS AIMED AT IMPROVING MARKET ORDER, PREVENTING MANIPULATION OF FISH PRICES AND ENSURING THAT BUYERS CAN TAKE PART A FAIR TRANSACTION OF THE FISH CATCHES, THE ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (FISHERIES) OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD), MR CHAN KIN-WING, EXPLAINED.

/MR CHAN

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