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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1991
GOVERNOR SEES NEW FARMING TECHNOLOGY
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, VISITED TWO EXPERIMENTAL RUN BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
FARMS
AND TECHNOLOGY BEING
HẸ WAS SHOWN SOME OF THE NEW TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT FOR USE IN HONG KONG.
BY SIR DAVID BEGAN HIS VISIT
BREEDING CENTRE.
TOURING THE TA KWU LING PIG
OF METHOD HE WAS SHOWN A
RAISING PIGS ON DEEP LAYERS OF SAWDUST LITTER IN WHICH THE PIG MANURE DECOMPOSES NATURALLY.
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EFFLUENT SO THE METHOD AVOIDS PROBLEMS OF SMELL AND POLLUTING
HAS ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH PIG REARING AND
BY
SOME OF HONG KONG'S PIG FARMERS.
SIR DAVID THEN VISITED THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TAI HE WAS SHOWN SOME OF THE HORTICULTURAL TECHNIQUES BEING TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE CONSTRAINTS ON BOTH LAND AND LABOUR.
LUNG FARM. DEVELOPED TO
THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN HELPING FARMERS TO GROW HIGH-YIELDING AND SPECIALISED CROPS INCLUDING EXOTIC VEGETABLES.
THE GOVERNOR WAS ALSO SHOWN THE STUDIES BEING CONDUCTED BY
LOW TOXICITY OR NON-CHEMICAL WAYS DEPARTMENT TO IDENTIFY SAFE, PEST CONTROL.
THE
OF
THE VISITED
METHOD
PESTICIDE RESIDUE OF QUICKLY DETECTING
LABORATORY PESTICIDE
TO RESIDUE
SEE
A
ON
HE COMPUTERISED VEGETABLES.
"IT IS GOOD TO SEE HOW SOPHISTICATED
누구
KONG IS BECOMING, SIR DAVID SAID.
"AGRICULTURE LAND IS LIMITED IN
HONG
FOOD-PRODUCTION IN HONG
KONG SO
GOVERNMENT
WORKING WITH THE FARMERS TO HELP THEM MAKE THE VERY BEST USE OF IT."
IS
AGRICULTURE AND
THE DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERNOR WAS ACCOMPANIED ON HIS VISIT BY
FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE
LEE, AND THE ASSISTANT
DIRECTOR (AGRICULTURE), MR RICHARD YIP.
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