SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1987
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NEW PIG-RAISING METHOD TO BE INTRODUCED
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THE
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AN EXPERIMENT ON AN EFFLUENT-FREE AND LABOUR-SAVING PIG RAISING TECHNIQUE WHICH MAY PROVE TO BE AN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE CONVENTIONAL PIG HUSBANDRY METHOD.
THE NEW TECHNIQUE WILL BE INTRODUCED TO PIG FARMERS ON MONDAY (AUGUST 17) DURING A VISIT TO THE TA KWU LING PIG BREEDING CENTRE ARRANGED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF ITS ONGOING EXTENSION PROGRAMME TO HELP FARMERS IMPROVE THEIR PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY.
CONDUCTING THE VISIT WILL BE THE DEPARTMENT'S PIG HUSBANDRY OFFICER, MRS Y.Y. LO.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE VISIT WILL BE PRECEDED BY A PRESS BRIEFING AT 2.30 PM ON MONDAY (AUGUST 17) AT TA KWU LING PIG BREEDING CENTRE
BY THE SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICER, DR NORMAN CHENG, AND MRS LO.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE BRIEFING AND THE FARM VISIT. TRANSPORT FOR THEM WILL LEAVE AFD HEADQUARTERS, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 393, CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON AT 1.30 PM.
SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS SALE BY AUCTION
NUMBERS WERE PUT UP FORTY SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION
OF
WHICH $933,500 AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.
FOR
WILL
8TH FLOOR,
THE AUCTION HELD AT THE RECITAL HALL OF CITY HALL, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER DP1 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $230,000.
ANOTHER NUMBER, CH333, WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE $90,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1,000 EACH FOR DN3141, DN6928 AC8753.
OF
AND
/FOLLOWING ARE
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