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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1986
TO RAISE THESE IMPROVED BREEDS TO THEIR FULL GENETIC POTENTIAL, A NEW ENERGY RATION HAS BEEN DEVISED TO ENHANCE THE GROWTH RATE TO ACQUIRE A DESIRABLE CARCASS CONFORMATION WITH SUFFICIENT FAT DEPOSITION AT THE MARKETABLE AGE, SHE SAID.
RICH IN PROTEIN AND ENERGY CONTENTS, THE NEW RATION IS ESSENTIALLY A MIXTURE OF MAIZE AND SOYABEAN MEAL, ADDED WITH FAT, MEAT AND BONE MEAL, FISH MEAL, POULTRY MINERAL AND OTHER SUPPLEMENTS.
EXPERIMENTS BY THE DEPARTMENT SHOWED THAT BROILERS DERIVED FROM SHEK KI-TEGEL OFFSPRINGS BACKCROSSED WITH SHEK KI ACHIEVED THE BEST RESULTS WHEN FED WITH THE NEW RATION.
+ THE NEW ENERGY RATION ENABLES THE IMPROVED BREEDS OF BROILER TO REACH MARKETABLE SIZE AND WEIGHT AROUND 80 DAYS OF AGE IN THE CASE OF COCKEREL AND 90 DAYS IN THE CASE OF PULLET WHILE IT TAKES 112 DAYS AND 119 DAYS RESPECTIVELY FOR LOCAL SHEK KI BIRDS TO ACHIEVE SIMILAR RESULTS.
+ THE FACT THAT IMPROVED COCKERELS FED WITH THE HIGH ENERGY RATIONS CAN BE RAISED TO MARKETABLE SIZE IN ABOUT 80 DAYS IS A BREAKTHROUGH IN POULTRY BREEDING FOLLOWING THE DEREGISTRATION OF THE HORMONE IMPLANTS, MISS LAM ADDED.
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ENTRANCE TO TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL CLOSED *****
THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCED THAT THE ENTRANCE TO THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF THE TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL AT SALVATION ARMY STREET IS CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
THE CLOSURE IS TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE HOSPITAL'S EXTENSION PROJECT WHICH WILL LAST FOR ABOUT 22 MONTHS.
AT THE SAME TIME THE HOSPITAL EXIT TO OI KWAN ROAD WILL ALSO BE CLOSED.
DURING THE CLOSURE, ALL VEHICLES, INCLUDING AMBULANCES, SHOULD USE THE SLIP ROAD IN FRONT OF THE HOSPITAL AT QUEEN'S ROAD EAST.
NOTICES ON THE CLOSURE HAVE BEEN PUT UP AT THE OLD ENTRANCE AT SALVATION ARMY STREET AND THE NEW ENTRANCE AT QUEEN'S ROAD EAST.
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