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FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1990

SETTING HE SAID: "THE JOINT DECLARATION AUTHORISES THE

UP OP A NEW REGISTER AND TO THIS END BANKERS, SHIPOWNERS AND SHIP MANAGERS, SEAFARERS' UNIONS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES AND PROFESSIONAL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE SETTING UP OF A NEW REGISTER FIVE YEARS.

THE NEW

REGISTER WOULD BE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, MR SZE SAID.

INSTITUTES FOR THE LAST

REPUTABLE AS IT WOULD ENFORCE

IT WOULD BE ATTRACTIVE AS IT MET MANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF LOCAL SHIPOWNERS AND SHIP MANAGERS.

IT WOULD BE PRACTICAL BECAUSE THERE WOULD BR NO NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS FOR CREWS OR RESTRICTIVE USE OF CERTAIN EQUIPMENT.

IT WOULD BE RESPONSIVE AS IT WOULD ALLOW SPEEDY REGISTRATION OF SHIPS WITH A GOOD PROFESSIONAL BACKUP FOR SURVEYS AND IT WOULD BR COMPETITIVE AS THE FEES AND CHARGES WOULD BE SET AT A REALISTIC LEVEL.

ESTABLISH

THE AND

ΤΟ MR SZE CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT LEGISLATION NEW REGISTER HAS RECEIVED THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL IS NOW BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND ENACTMENT · WITH THE AIM OF COMMENCEMENT LATER THIS YEAR.

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TAI A CHAU FISH CULTURE ZONE DEGAZETTED

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TAI OF

A

AS

THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THE REMOVAL CHAU FISH CULTURE ZONE FROM THE LIST OF AREAS OF WATERS DESIGNATED FISH CULTURE ZONES.

THE FISH CULTURE ZONE (DESIGNATION) (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1990 PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE,

WAS

AREA OF ABOUT 6.6 THE 28 FISH SPOKESMAN OF THE

THE TAI A CHAU FISH CULTURE ZONE, WITH AN HECTARES OFF THE SOKO ISLANDS, WAS DESIGNATED AS ONE OF CULTURE ZONES IN HONG KONG IN 1982, ACCORDING TO A AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.

PRACTISE TWELVE MARICULTURISTS WERE LICENSED TO IN THE AREA.

DECIDED GOVERNMENT

YEAR

FISH CULTURE

USE

THE то RECEPTION CENTRE,

CONSTRUCTION

"AS THE

EARLY THIS SOKO ISLANDS AS A PERMANENT VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE

AFFECTED BY THE EXTENSION THE AREA WOULD POSSIBLY BE WORKS AND THUS RENDER THE ZONE UNSUITABLE FOR FISH CULTURE.

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