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Fees for pesticide licensing services revised

Agriculture and Fisheries Department (AFD) today (Friday) announced that fees under the Pesticides Ordinance will be revised from June 28.

The revision set out in the Pesticides (Amendment) Regulation 1996 will be applied to the application, issue, renewal, extension of pesticide licences and permits, and the application for the registration of a pesticide.

An AFD spokesman said that it was Government policy, in general, to set fees at levels sufficient to recover full costs of providing the services.

The new fees were revised according to the Government Consumption Expenditure Deflators of 1995-96.

Details of the amendment was published in the Government Gazette today.

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Shenzhen River improvement works

The Government intends to construct a river channel along part of Shenzhen River to reduce the risk of flooding and to transform part of the existing river into wetland as an environmental mitigation measure.

A total area of 107.5 hectares of foreshore and seabed will be affected.

Work will commence in the first half of next year and is scheduled for completion by the end of 2000.

The extent of area affected is contained in a notice published in the Government Gazette today (Friday).

Any person who considers that he has an interest, right or easement in or over the foreshore and seabed involved may submit a written objection to the Director of Lands on or before July 10, 1996.