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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1991
LOCAL AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES INDUSTRIES PRAISED
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A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, MR ANDREW WONG, TODAY (THURSDAY) SAID THAT LOCAL AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES PRODUCE HAD PLAYED AN ACTIVE ROLE IN REGULATING THE SUPPLY AND PRICES OF THE TERRITORY'S FRESH FOODSTUFF.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRD FARMERS' FESTIVAL AND THE TAI LUNG FARM OPEN DAY, MR WONG COMMENDED FARMERS FOR TI IR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG AND DESCRIBED THEM AS HARD-WORKING PEOPLE WHO TOILED AWAY AND NEVER GRUMBLE.
"DESPITE PROBLEMS SUCH AS MARKET COMPETITIONS, SHORTAGE OF LAND AND MANPOWER, PRESSURES FROM ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SO ON, THEY HAVE MADE CONTINUAL EFFORTS TO ENHANCE PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THEIR PRODUCE BY CONDUCTING TRIALS ON VARIOUS NEW TECHNIQUES AND INTRODUCING NEW VARIETIES AND MODERN MANAGEMENT METHODS, HE SAID.
"IN THIS REGARD, THE JOINT FEDERATION OF THE HONG KONG AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES PRODUCTION AND MARKETING SOCIETIES HAS PLAYED A LEADING ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES INDUSTRIES."
MR WONG, WHO HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES SINCE 1988, SAID HE WAS GLAD TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH SO MANY FRIENDS OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES INDUSTRIES.
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"APART FROM HAVING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ONE ANOTHER, ARE ABLE TO HAVE A DIRECT UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE INDUSTRIES AND THEIR FUTURE TRENDS OF DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE EXHIBITIONS.
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"I AM ALSO PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE JOINT FEDERATION HAS NO EFFORT IN ORGANISING THIS FARMERS' 'FESTIVAL, ENABLING IT TO CONTINUOUSLY IN SCALE AND ATTRACT THEIR COUNTERPARTS NEIGHBOURING PLACES TO PARTICIPATE.
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"THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE JOINT FEDERATION AND OTHER BODIES OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES TRADE, TOGETHER WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT, I DEEPLY BELIEVE THAT THE LOCAL AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES INDUSTRIES WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP,' HE ADDED.
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ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S OPENING CEREMONY WERE THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE JOINT FEDERATION OF THE HONG KONG AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES PRODUCTION AND MARKETING SOCIETIES, MR CHAN KWOK-WAI.
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