TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1980
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LOCAL FARMERS TO LEARN FROM JAPAN
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A GROUP OF 17 VEGETABLE FARMERS FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES WILL LEAVE ON SUNDAY (JUNE 1) FOR A NINE-DAY VISIT TO JAPAN TO STUDY THE LATEST AGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES FROM THE IR JAPANESE COUNTERPARTS.
THE VISIT IS SPONSORED BY THE VEGETABLE MARKETING ORGANISATION AND ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.
THE GROUP WILL BE LED BY MR KO HOK, CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERATION OF VEGETABLE MARKETING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, AND ACCOMPANIED BY MR PAO CHUN-SHEN, AN AGRICULTURAL OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT.
THE FARMERS WILL TRAVEL EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT JAPAN TO STUDY INTENSIVE VEGETABLE CULTIVATION, THE USE OF SMALL FARM MACHINERY, THEIR CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT, AND VEGETABLE MARKETING SYSTEM.
LAST YEAR, A DELEGATION OF NINE NT FARMERS VISITED HOLLAND AND BRITAIN FOR TWO WEEKS TO STUDY THE VEGETABLE MARKETING TECHNIQUES IN THE TWO COUNTRIES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID THAT SOME OF THE FARMERS WHO WENT ON LAST YEAR'S TRIP ARE NOW GOING TO JAPAN WHERE THE FARMING SITUATION IS DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF EUROPE BUT SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO HONG KONG'S,
+THEY SHOULD LEARN A LOT FROM THESE TWO VISITS,+ HE ADDED.
NOTE TO EDITORS.
THE DELEGATION OF FARMERS WILL LEAVE HONG KONG FOR JAPAN ON CHINA AIRLINES FLIGHT CI 012/802, ETD 10.45 AM ON SUNDAY (JUNE 1). PRESS REPRESENTATIVES MAY BE ABLE TO INTERVIEW THEM IN THE DEPARTURE HALL OF THE AIRPORT TERMINAL AFTER 8.30 AM.
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