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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1992

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'EXCEPT FOR AN INSIGNIFICANT PRODUCTION FROM INTERTIDAL PONDS, ALMOST ALL LOCALLY-PRODUCED SHRIMPS CAME FROM SHRIMP TRAWLER CATCHES.

"IN 1991, LOCAL PRODUCTION OF

SHRIMPS AMOUNTED TO 10,000

TONNES WITH A TOTAL VALUE OF ABOUT $600 MILLION.

"THIS, HOWEVER, ONLY MET ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE LOCAL DEMAND, THE REMAINDER BEING MET BY IMPORTS MAINLY FROM CHINA AND VIETNAM."

WITH INCREASING LOCAL CONSUMPTION AND THE EXPANDING ENTREPOT TRADE, DR LEE WAS CONFIDENT THAT HONG KONG WOULD CONTINUE TO BE A MAJOR MARKET FOR SHRIMPS, OFFERING EXCELLENT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TO THE PRODUCERS, PROCESSORS AND TRADERS.

JLG XXIV

THE FCO ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING THAT THE TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP ON HONG KONG WILL TAKE PLACE IN LONDON FROM 21-23 SEPTEMBER.

THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE

LED BY THE SENIOR

REPRESENTATIVE,

MR ANTHONY GALSWORTHY,

THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE MR MICHAEL SZE (SECRETARY FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS, HONG KONG), MR ALAN PAUL (COUNSELLOR, OFFICE OF THE BRITISH SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE, SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP, HONG KONG), MR PETER RICKETTS (HEAD, HONG KONG DEPARTMENT, FCO), AND MR WILLIAM EHRMAN (POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG).

AIR POLLUTION LEVELS REMAIN LOW IN AUGUST

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY (MONDAY) RELEASED AIR QUALITY INFORMATION FOR AUGUST 1992 OBTAINED AT ITS MONG KOK, CENTRAL/WESTERN AND KWAI CHUNG MONITORING STATIONS.

THE REPORTED AIR POLLUTANTS INCLUDE SULPHUR DIOXIDE (802) AND NITROGEN DIOXIDE (NO2) WHICH ARE MONITORED CONTINUOUSLY ROUND THE CLOCK, AS WELL AS TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES (TSP) AND RESPIRABLE SUSPENDED PARTICULATES (RSP) WHICH ARE SAMPLED FOR 24 HOURS EVERY SIX DAYS.

THESE POLLUTANTS MAINLY COME FROM COMBUSTION OF FUEL IN INDUSTRIAL PLANTS AND MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINES. TSP AND RSP ARE ALSO GENERATED BY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES PROCESSES, AS WELL AS NATURAL SOURCES.

AND

SOME

MANUFACTURING

/IN AUGUST,

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