WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1975
FANLING VEGETABLE MARKETING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY
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THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR. E.H. NICHOLS, TODAY COMMENDED THE FANLING VEGETABLE MARKETING Co- OPERATIVE SOCIETY FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PAST TWENTY FIVE YEARS AND SAID IT HAD SET AN EXAMPLE FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW.
MR. NICHOLS WAS SPEAKING AT THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE SOCIETY, THE FIRST TO BE REGISTERED UNDER THE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ORDINANCE IN 1950.
IN TERMS OF BUSINESS,. HE SAID, THE SOCIETY WAS ONE OF THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT VEGETABLE MARKETING SOCIETIES IN HONG KONG. IN THE LAST 10 YEARS IT HAD MORE THAN DOUBLED ITS ANNUAL TURNOVER, AND IN 1974 HANDLED NEARLY $5,000,000 WORTH OF VEGETABLES.
MR. NICHOLS SAID HE HAD NO DOUBTS THAT MOST OF THOSE ENGAGED IN VEGETABLE MARKETING IN HONG KONG WERE WELL VERSED AND BECOMING MORE AWARE OF THE CONTRIBUTION MODERN TECHNOLOGY COULD MAKE TO INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY AND EFFICIENCY IN THE TECHNICALITIES OF PRODUCTION.
→UNFORTUNATELY PERHAPS NOT SO MANY ARE CONSCIOUS OF THE EQUALLY IMPORTANT ROLE THAT SOUND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT CAN MAKE TO INCREASED PROFITABILITY, HE SAID.
IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO PRODUCE AND SELL IT IS ESSENTIAL TO PRODUCE AND SELL WITH A FAIR PROFIT AND YET AT A PRICE ACCEPTABLE TO THE CONSUMER.
IT IS IN THIS AREA OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT THAT A WELL ORGANISED CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY HAS SO MUCH TO OFFER BOTH TO ITS MEMBERS AND TO THE CONSUMERS.+
NOTE TO EDITORS: COPIES OF THE FULL TEXT OF MR. NICHOLS' SPEECH
ARE BOXED FOR COLLECTION.
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WATER CUT
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WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN KWUN TONG WILL
ON SATURDAY (APRIL 12) WHEN A TEST FOR LEAKAGE WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THE AREA.
BE INTERRUPTED FOR FIVE HOURS AS FROM 1 A.M.
AFFECTED WILL BE PREMISES BOUNDED BY NGAU TAU KOK ROAD BETWEEN ELEGANCE ROAD, CHUN WAH ROAD INCLUDING JORDAN VALLEY ESTATE BLOCKS 1-9 AND FACTORY BLOCKS.