SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1987
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SEMINAR ON CHICKEN SEXING ORGANISED
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CHICKEN SEXING, A NEW TECHNIQUE WIDELY USED IN MANY ADVANCED COUNTRIES, WILL SOON BE INTRODUCED TO THE LOCAL POULTRY INDUSTRY TO IMPROVĚ PRODUCTIVITY AT REDUCED COSTS AND HUSBANDRY EFFICIENCY,
FROM NEXT MONTH, A SERIES OF TRAINING COURSES AND SEMINARS WILL BE ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT JOINTLY WITH THE NEW TERRITORIES CHICKEN BREEDERS ASSOCIATION. THE FIRST COURSE FOR 40 POULTRY FARMERS WILL BE HELD NEXT TUESDAY (MARCH 3) AT THE CASTLE PEAK POULTRY BREEDING CENTRE AT 3.30 PM.
CONDUCTING THE TRAINING COURSE WILL BE THE DEPARTMENT'S POULTRY HUSBANDRY OFFICER, MISS MABLE LAM, WHO HAD RECENTLY COMPLETED A COMPREHENSIVE ́S IX-MONTH COURSÉ ON CHICKEN SEXING IN THE UNITED STATES.
PROGRAMME OF THE TRAINING COURSE INCLUDES TALKS, A VIDEO PRESENTATION, PRACTICAL TRAINING AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A PRESS BRIEFING WILL BE GIVEN BY MISS LAM AND THE AGRICULTURAL OFFICER (DEVELOPMENT), MR TONY TAO, AT THE CASTLE PEAK POULTRY BREEDING CENTRE ON TUESDAY AT 2.30 PM.
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE BRIEFING. TRANSPORT FOR MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WILL LEAVE FROM THE AFD HEADQUARTERS, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 393, CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON, BY 1.45 PM.
ANTI-SMOKING EXHIBITION TO BE STAGED IN EASTERN *****
AN ANTI-SMOKING EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD FROM MONDAY (MARCH 2) TO MARCH 7 AT THE CITYPLAZA IN TAIKOO SHING.
ORGANISED BY THE MEDICAL SERVICE WORK ING GROUP OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD, THE EXHIBITION IS AIMED AT PROMOTING HEALTH EDUCATION IN THE DISTRICT.
COMPRISING 32 ILLUSTRATIONS AND DIAGRAMS, THE EXHIBITION WILL DEMONSTRATE THE HARMFUL EFFECT OF SMOKING, INDIVIDUAL PROBLEM ON SMOKING AND SUGGEST WAYS TO GIVE UP SMOKING AND CULTIVATE A NON-SMOKING SOCIETY.
/THE CHAIRMAN