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free china produces more rice than consumed given by hsukan hsukan food minister at press interview in which he pointed out food problem today concorns price alone not production fstp hsukan
aid excellent crops last year and fifteen million piculs rice 166 collected by government will have stabilizing effect on food situation fstp for distribution among military government offices and five big rice markets government still las threomillion piculs in reserve which can be used effectively to improve rice situation fstp hsukan admitted kwangtung kwangtung fukion fukien provinces insufficient in rice but if hunan hunan kiangsi kiangsi anhwei anhwei provinces have bumper crops there will be more than enough rice for five provinces fstp hsukan said there enough wheat for wheat consuming provinces with exception north south shensi shensi province where difficulty obtaining sufficient supply being experienced hsukan revealed beginning july last year prices taken downward trend fstp in some places fifty percent drop been registered which attributed economic measures applied by government fstp MORE
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CHAO TWO EDITOR picul equals roughly onefivezero pounds ALINEA
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