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The Agriculture and Fisheries Department which has organised
the show, has also arranged an entertainment programme for the benefit
of visitors throughout the four days. It includes many different items,
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such as dragon dances, displays of horsemanship military bands, judo and
athletics demonstrations.
There will be 35 stands put up by commercial firms which supply
the needs, af the farming community. These firms will be displaying
their merchandise, ranging from fertilisers and veterinary medicines to
soya bean products and oyster sauce. There will also be stands put up
by government department,
Other agencies participating in the Show will include the New Life
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, the Red Cross and the Action Committee
Against Narcotics.
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The Agriculture and Fisheries Department will be demonstrating some
of the ways in which it helps farmers to improve farm management techniques
In the same way that the importance of business management has boon
recognised, much attention is now being given to farm management as a means
of improving the farmer's productivity. On display will be mechanisation systems
designed to decrease labour costs, livestock husbandry methods to minimise
losses and crop husbandry methods to increase the yield and decrease damages
from plant disease,
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Note to Editors: Copies of the full programme of event is distributed
separately in the G.I.S. press boxes this evening. Details of press arrangements for the opening ceremony will be announced later.
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