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Question No. 4

Reply by Hr P. Jacobs,

Secretary for Economic Services,

to a question by the Fon CHEUNG Yan- lung, MBE, SBStJ, JP in Legislative Council on 9 January 1985

Question : Further to the reply given by the Secretary for

Economic Services to my question asked on 21.12.93, which indicated that very few oyster farmers had taken advantage of the results of research done by the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries, will Government inform this Council whether the technical advice offered at that time to the oyster farmers is still considered practicable?

Reply

six,

In my reply to Mr Cheung on 21 December 1983

I mentioned the research which had been undertaken by the

Director of Agriculture and Fisheries in the early 1970's.

Members will recollect that this research related to the

farming of oysters in cages suspended well clear of the

sea bottom. I can confirm that the technical advice

offered to oyster farmers as a result of that research

is still considered practicable.