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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1991

THE "TO MEET ACTUAL NEEDS, THE DEPARTMENT REVISED IN JULY 1990 PERMITTED MAXIMUM DIMENSIONS OF STRUCTURES FOR FISH FARMS OF VARIOUS FOR FARMS UNDER 200 SQUARE SIZES, RANGING FROM NINE SQUARE METRES

METRES TO 20 SQUARE METRES FOR FARMS OF 800 TO 1,000 SQUARE METRES.

"ALL

MARICULTURE

IN

1.750 THE

MARICULTURISTS AND NINE ASSOCIATIONS HAD BEEN INFORMED OF THE NEW RULES ON RAFT STRUCTURES BARLY AUGUST LAST YEAR."

HAVE ACCORDING TO SURVEY RECORDS, 410 FARMS WERE IDENTIFIED TO

STRUCTURES ON STRUCTURES USED FOR DWELLING PURPOSE AND 137 FARMS HAD RAFTS IN EXCESS OF THE AREA PERMITTED.

DR WONG SAID MARICULTURISTS WITH OVERSIZED STRUCTURE RAFTS WERE ASKED TO RECTIFY THEIR STRUCTURES BY THE END OF 1990.

ON THEIR SEPTEMBER,

MEANWHILE, DWELLERS IN 252 FARMS WHO HAVE ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION ON LAND WERE ADVISED TO CEASE DWELLING ON FISH RAFTS.

HAVE NO OTHER THE REMAINING DWELLERS ON RAFTS WHO CLAIMED TO

HOUSING DEPARTMENT (HD) FOR ACCOMMODATION HAD BEEN REFERRED TO THE ACTION. THE HD OFFERED REHOUSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR 131 OF THEM, BUT THE END OF JANUARY, ONLY 76 HAD ACCEPTED THE DEPARTMENT'S OFFER.

STRESSED DR WONG

THAT

BY

THE AUTHORITIES WOULD INITIATE RAFTS BY MARCH 19 PROSECUTION AGAINST THOSE STILL LIVE ON THE FISH THIS YEAR, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ACCEPT REHOUSING OFFER.

AFD'S ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST STARTED IN LATE SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.

OFFENDING

309 OUT OF

410 THE

FARMS BY EARLY FEBRUARY, STRUCTURES WERE FOUND TO HAVE CEASED DWELLING ON RAFTS.

MOREOVER, 37 CASES HAVE BEEN REFERRED FOR

OF THEM WERE PROSECUTED AND FINED.

MARICULTURISTS

WITH DWELLING

PROSECUTION AND 13

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STRUCTURES, 48 HAD BREN HAVE BEEN REFERRED FOR

AS FOR THE 137 FARMS WITH OVERSIZED RECTIFIED TO THE PERMITTED MEASUREMENTS, PROSECUTION AND 12 WERE PROSECUTED AND FINED.

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