SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1992
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TRADE OFFICIALS VISIT BEIJING AND DALIAN
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A
DELEGATION
OF
SENIOR
TRADE
OFFICIALS, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR DONALD TSANG, HAS LEFT HONG (SUNDAY) FOR A WEEK-LONG VISIT TO BEIJING AND DALIAN.
THE
BY
LED KONG TODAY
MAINTAIN A CLOSE WORKING MINISTRY OF FOREIGN CAPITAL OF CHINA, AND MR TSANG
"THE MAIN PURPOSE OF OUR VISIT IS TO
COUNTERPARTS IN WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP ECONOMIC RELATIONS AND TRADE (MOFERT) IN THE TAKE A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN DALIAN, SAID.
DELEGATION FOUR-MEMBER
WILL
SPEND
THE
WILL
BE
RECEIVED
FIRST THREE BY OFFICIALS
THE DAYS
WHERE THEY IN FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF MOFERT.
BEIJING
ARRIVE IN
DALIAN
LATER IN THEY WILL OFFICIALS OF THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSION FOR FOREIGN AND TRADE.
THE
WEEK, ECONOMIC
AND
MEET RELATIONS
MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG DELEGATION INCLUDE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR- OFFICER MISS LISA GENERAL OF TRADE MR JOHN C TSANG, PRINCIPAL TRADE CHAN AND TRADE OFFICER MISS BLIZA LAM.
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS ORGANIC FARMING
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A KEEN CONSERVATION SUPPORTER OF ORGANIC FARMING, AFFORESTATION, COUNTRYSIDE AND NATURE EDUCATION, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT, DR LAWRENCE LEE, SAID THIS (SUNDAY) MORNING.
ADDRESSING
"AUTUMN THE
FESTIVAL" GATHERING AT
THE
PRODUCE
KONG
GREEN'S HOK TAU FARM IN FANLING, HE SAID AS RICE FARMERS IN HONG HAD BEEN SCARCE NOWADAYS, IT WAS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE THE HARVESTING FUNCTION.
IN
DR LEE NOTED THAT SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PRODUCE IN EARLY 1989, EFFORTS HAD BEEN MADE TO PROMOTE ORGANIC FARMING.
GREBN
"IN AUGUST 1989, IT JOINED THE AGRICULTURAL LAND REHABILITATION FARM SCHEME BY RENTING ABOUT 20 "DAU CHUNG" (AROUND 1.5 HECTARES) OF
WITH HELP FROM THE LAND IN
TAU TO CONDUCT VEGETABLE GROWING HOK VEGETABLE MARKETING ORGANISATION," HE SAID.
"SINCE
THEN,
PRODUCE GREEN
HAS
DIVERSIFIED
ITSELF FROM MUCH-
PRODUCING ORGANIC VEGETABLES TO PROVIDING THE PUBLIC WITH SOME WELCOMED EDUCATIONAL COURSES ON ORGANIC FARMING.”
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