SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1993
THE PRODUCTS WILL BE
AVAILABLE AT THEIR FACE VALUE: THE THE FIRST DAY CEREMONY PROGRAMME AT $46,50 AND THE MINT STAMP AT $90.50 EACH SHEET.
COMMEMORATIVE ALBUM AT $156,
BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE, THERE WILL BE A RESTRICTION OF NOT MORE THAN TWO ALBUMS AND TWO CEREMONY PROGRAMMES PER CUSTOMER QUEUING ON OCTOBER 26.
FOR ADVANCE INFORMATION OF THE PUBLIC, DISPLAYED AT THE PHILATELIC COUNTER, OCTOBER 20.
THE PRODUCTS
WILL BE
GENERAL
POST OFFICE
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WORKSHOP TO PROMOTE GREEN" FARMING METHODS
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HONG KONG FARMERS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF A WORKSHOP ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG'S KADOORIE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE (KARC).
THE ONE-WEEK WORKSHOP, TO BE HELD FROM TOMORROW (MONDAY) AT THE KARC AT LAM KAM ROAD, SHEK KONG, WILL BE ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 100 PARTICIPANTS COMPRISING FARMERS. FARM MANAGERS, POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS AND TEACHING STAFF.
THE AIM OF THE
AN AFD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT WORKSHOP WAS TO PROMOTE THE USE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY IN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION AMONG LOCAL FARMERS,
METHODS
APART FROM PEOPLE IN THE TRADE, POST-SECONDARY STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS AS WELL AS TEACHING STAFF MAY ALSO PRACTISE MODERN FARMING TECHNIQUES DURING THE WORKSHOP.
**WE HOPE THAT THROUGH THE COURSE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY FARMING METHODS, WHICH DO NOT THE USE OF PESTICIDES, CAN BE EXAMINED AND PROMOTED,
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HE SAID.
INVOLVE
TWO ACADEMICS FROM THE SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF GUANGZHOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO CONDUCT THE WORKSHOP, THEY ARE THE PROFESSOR IN ENTOMOLOGY, MR LIANG GUANGWEN AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN PLANT PATHOLOGY, MISS GAO QIAOWAN.
SECTION,
TWO AGRICULTURAL OFFICERS FROM AFD'S PLANT PROTECTION MISS WENDY KO AND MR CLIVE LAU, WILL ALSO TALK ON THE SUBJECT IN RELATION TO THE TERRITORY'S SITUATION.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED INCLUDE: CHINA'S ENVIRONMENTAL-FRIENDLY VEGETABLE PRODUCTION METHODS, THE FORECASTING AND MONITORING OF PESTS OCCURRENCE ON BOTH LEAFY AND FRUIT VEGETABLES AND THE INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AS WELL AS THE IDENTIFICATION OF PESTICIDE RESIDUE AND SO ON.
THERE WILL ALSO BE GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND PRACTICAL SESSIONS.
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