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SATURDAY, JULY 7

1990

WELL

WAS

SOCIETIES MEMBERS'

HAD DONE VERY DR LEE SAID FISHERMEN'S CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN THE PAST YEAR. A TOTAL SURPLUS OF SOME $362,000 REGISTERED IN 1989 FOR ALL THE 66 FISHERIES CO-OPERATIVE AND THE CUMULATIVE REVOLVING LOAN FUND CAPITAL BUILT UP FROM SAVINGS STOOD AT $6.5 MILLION.

MILLION FROM THE ADMINISTERED BY BUILDING OF NEW FISHING

$11.58 MEMBERS OBTAINED LOANS AMOUNTING TO SOME THEIR OWN LOAN FUNDS AND FROM THE LOAN FUNDS DEPARTMENT FOR PRODUCTIVE PURPOSES SUCH AS VESSELS AND THE PURCHASE OF FISHING EQUIPMENT.

DR LEE SAID IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR, 12 MEMBERS OF FISHERMEN'S CO- TO OPERATIVE SOCIETIES PARTICIPATED IN AN 11-DAY FISHERIES STUDY TOUR HOLLAND, WEST GERMANY AND DENMARK ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

PARTICIPANTS

COUNTRIES AND KONG FISHING

THE "THIS STUDY TOUR PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TO EXAMINE THE MODERN FISHING TECHNOLOGY USED IN THESE

HONG IN THE TO GAUGE THEIR SUITABILITY FOR INDUSTRY.

ADOPTION

AS

"I HOPE THE TOUR WOULD GIVE ADDED INSPIRATION TO OUR FISHERMEN TO IMPROVE THEIR FISHING TECHNIQUES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE INDUSTRY A WHOLE," HE SAID.

THIS DR LEE ADDED THAT AT THE END OF MARCH

YEAR, THERE WERE

388

SOCIETIES CO-OPERATIVE

REGISTERED WITH

AND THE AGRICULTURE FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WITH A TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF 23,053.

LEE LATER PRESENTED AWARD CERTIFICATES

RECOGNITION OF

TO

THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE

MRS DR LEE AND CO-OPERATIVE WORKERS IN MOVEMENT OVER THE PAST YEARS.

FRENCH STUDENTS LEARN MORE ABOUT HK

FOR 10 FRENCH STUDENTS ON A STUDY TRIP IN THE TERRITORY, MEETING TODAY (SATURDAY) WITH THE REGIONAL

+

AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, HAS BEEN AND USEFUL"

"MOST

MR LAN IS NO STRANGER TO THE STUDENTS D'ETUDE POLITIQUE.

THEIR

SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG INTERESTING, ENLIGHTENING

ALL FROM THE INSTITUT

BACK IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR, HE GAVE A TALK THE 1990'S" AT THEIR UNIVERSITY IN PARIS.

ON "HONG KONG IN

THE TALK GENERATED SO MUCH INTEREST ABOUT HONG KONG STUDENTS DECIDED TO MAKE A STUDY TRIP TO THE TERRITORY.

THAT SOME

/THIS MORNING