SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1984
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JUDGING FOR VEGETABLE GROWING CONTEST
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THE JUDGING OF THIS YEAR'S URBAN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN VEGETABLE GROWING COMPETITION WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 17) AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S TEACHING CENTRE AT 4 PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT.
A HORTICULTURIST FROM THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR C.S. PAO, WILL HEAD A PANEL OF ADJUDICATORS AT THE JUDGING.
MORE THAN 60 URBAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS HAVE TAKEN PART IN THIS YEAR'S COMPETITION.
AFTER RECEIVING SEEDS FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT LAST SEPTEMBER, PARTICIPATING STUDENTS HAVE SUCCESSFULLY GROWN SWEET PEPPER, BUSH BEAN, CABBAGE AND BROCCOLI IN POTS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT, SAID THE COMPETITION WAS ORGANISED TO GIVE STUDENTS A CHANCE TO APPLY THEIR TEXTBOOK KNOWLEDGE AND TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE NEED TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT,
AN EXHIBITION OF SELECTED ENTRIES WILL BE HELD AT THE TEACHING CENTRE FROM 2.30 PM ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 17) TO 5 PM ON THURSDAY (JANUARY 19), AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.
NOTE TO EDITORS 1
THE JUDGING OF THIS YEAR'S URBAN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN VEGETABLE GROWING COMPETITION WILL BE HELD AT NOON ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 17) AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S TEACHING CENTRE AT 4 PAK FUK ROAD, NORTH POINT.
AN EXHIBITION OF SELECTED ENTRIES WILL ALSO BE HELD FROM 2.30 PM AT THE CENTRE AFTER THE JUDGING.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE JUDGING AND THE EXHIBITION,
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