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FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1991

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SHA TIN DISTRICT LANDS OFFICE, 2 TUNG LO WAN HILL ROAD, SHA TIN, NEW TERRITORIES; AND

* SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE, SIXTH FLOOR, KOWLOON-CANTON

HOUSE, SHA TIN RAILWAY STATION.

RAILWAY

ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED WORKS SHOULD WRITE TO THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, EAST WING, SECOND FLOOR, LOWER ALBERT ROAD, HONG KONG NOT LATER THAN JULY 16 THIS YEAR.

MARINE DEPT LAUNCHES NEW PATROL BOAT

THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAS COMMISSIONED TWO PURPOSE-BUILT PATROL LAUNCHES AT A TOTAL COST OF $4.2 MILLION TO AUGMENT ITS HARBOUR PATROL SERVICES, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR ALLAN PYRKE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

HE WAS OFFICIATING AT THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY OF ONE OF THE NEW PATROL LAUNCHES, MD 21, AT JOSS HOUSE BAY.

MR PYRKE SAID: "MD 21, TOGETHER WITH HER NEW SISTER PATROL LAUNCH MD 20 AND THE EXISTING PATROL LAUNCH MD 45, WILL ASSIST IN THE ! SAFE OPERATION OF SHIPS IN THE PORT OF HONG KONG AND ENSURE THAT LOCAL MARINE LEGISLATION AND INTERNATIONAL MARITIME CONVENTIONS ARE COMPLIED WITH.

"ADDITIONALLY, THEY MAINTAIN A 24-HOUR PATROL AND ARE IN CONTINUOUS RADIO CONTACT WITH OUR COMPUTER-AND-RADAR-BASED VESSEL TRAFFIC CENTRE AND WILL PROMPTLY RESPOND TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS."

DURING THE CEREMONY, MR PYRKE AND THE CREW OF MD 21 PAID TRIBUTE TO THE SEA GODDESS "TIN HAU".

MD 21 IS A GLASS REINFORCED PLASTIC VESSEL CAPABLE OF 16 KNOTS. SHE IS 13.5 METRES LONG AND IS EQUIPPED WITH RADAR.

THE SISTER PATROL LAUNCH MD 20 WAS COMMISSIONED

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SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPANTS FAVOUR PIG-ON-LITTER METHOD

THE FINDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MODERN TECHNOLOGY IN THE TREATMENT AND RECYCLING OF LIVESTOCK WASTES HAVE SHOWN THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE PIG-ON-LITTER (POL) METHOD IN PLACES OF DIFFERENT CLIMATES SUCH AS

TAIWAN AND ENCOURAGING AND POSITIVE.

JAPAN,

THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND DR LAWRENCE LEE, TODAY (FRIDAY) WHEN HE WAS SPEAKING CEREMONY OF THE FIVE-DAY SYMPOSIUM HELD AT THE KADOORIE RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (HKU).

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FISHERIES,

THE CLOSING AGRICULTURAL

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