THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1980
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AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT REJUVENATED
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THE AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG HAS BEEN GIVEN A NEW LEASE ON LIFE WITH THE INAUGURATION OF A PIG RAISING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY FORMED BY 36 PROGRESSIVE PIG FARMERS IN THE LAU FAU SHAN AREA IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE NEWLY-FORMED LAU FAU SHAN PIG RAISING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY WAS INAUGURATED AT A CEREMONY IN A YUEN LONG RESTAURANT THIS (THURSDAY) EVENING BY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR C.T. WONG,
THE SOCIETY MEMBERS HAVE OVER 13 000 PIGS BETWEEN THEM, INCLUDING ALMOST 1 800 TYPES OF BREEDING STOCK.
DR WONG SAID THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS SOCIETY HAD PROVED THAT THE AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG COULD WITHSTAND THE TEST OF TIME.
IN THE PAST 17 YEARS, HE SAID, MANY CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES HAD BEEN DISSOLVED BECAUSE YOUNG VİLLAGERS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAD LEFT HOME TO MAKE A LIVING IN BRITAIN.
THERE WERE FEARS AT THAT TIME THAT THE AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES HAD COME TO THE END OF THE ROAD.
NEVERTHELESS, DR WONG POINTED OUT, DUE TO THE HARD WORK OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE VEGETABLE MARKETING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, AGRICULTURAL CREDIT CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND PIG RAISING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN THE LAST 10 YEARS, MUCH IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED.
+BESIDES, WITH THE OVERALL PLANNING MADE BY THE FEDERATION OF VEGETABLE MARKETING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND THE FEDERATION OF PIG RAISING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, PLUS SUPPORT FROM THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF TECHNICAL ADVICE AND LOANS, MANY AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ARE NOW ABLE TO HELP THEIR FELLOW MEMBERS SOLVE FARMING PROBLEMS, HE SAID,
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