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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1974
SCHOOL VEGETABLE PLANTING COMPETITION
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THE EIGHTH SCHOOL VEGETABLE PLANTING COMPETITION WILL BE INAUGURATED TOMORROW (SATURDAY).
FIFTEEN SCHOOLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL TAKE PART IN THE COMPETITION WHICH WILL LAST UNTIL EARLY FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR.
THE COMPETITION IS ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE CO-OPERATIVE FOR AMERICAN RELIEF EVERYWHERE, INC. (CARE) AND LIONS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303 TOGETHER WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE ACRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
GARDENING MATERIALS SUCH AS CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS, INSECTICIDE AND FUNGICIDE WILL BE PRESENTED TO REPRESENTATIVES OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS BY MR. DANIEL ROTH, DIRECTOR OF CARE IN HONG KONG.
MRS. ROTH WILL PRESENT PRIZES TO THOSE SCHOOLS WHICH PRODUCED THE BEST SWEET CORN, CUCUMBER, CHINESE WHITE RADISH, YARD LONG BEAN, CHINESE WHITE CABBAGE AND EGGPLANT.
MR. RAYMOND Y.K. KAN, DISTRICT GOVERNOR, LIONS INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 303, WILL PRESENT PRIZES TO THE WINNERS OF THE SEVENTH SCHOOL VEGETABLE PLANTING COMPETITION WHICH ENDED LAST JULY WHEN THE TAI O PUBLIC SCHOOL WON THE FIRST PRIZE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY:
+ THE VEGETABLE CROPS HARVESTED FROM THE GARDENS OF THE WINNING SCHOOLS WERE OF VERY HIGH MARKET STANDARD AND MEMBERS OF THE JUDGING PANEL WERE IMPRESSED BY THE ENTHUSIASM OF PARTICIPANTS AND THE EXCELLENT WORK DONE BY THEH.+
HE NOTED THAT ACTIVITIES OF THIS KIND OFFERED VALUABLE TRAINING IN PRACTICAL GARDEN WORK, USE OF TOOLS, APPRECIATION OF ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF PLANT CROUTH FROM THE EDUCATIONAL POINT OF VIEW AND ABOVE ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF TEAM WORK.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE JOINT PRESENTATION AND INAUGURATION CEREMONY WHICH WILL BE HELD AT THE TUNG KOON DISTRICT SOCIETY FONG SHU CHUEN SCHOOL, TUNG KOON STREET, YAU MA TEI, KOULOON, AT 3 P.M. TOMORROW.
COPIES OF THE NAMES OF THE PRIZE WINNERS TOGETHER WITH OTHER DETAILS OF THE COMPETITION ARE DISTRIBUTED SEPARATELY IN THE G.1.5. PRESS BOXES THIS EVENING.
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