TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1994
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AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE MEETS ON THURSDAY
THE 10TH PLENARY MEETING OF THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON THE NEW AIRPORT AND RELATED PROJECTS WILL BE HELD AT 11.30 AM ON THURSDAY (JANUARY 13).
MEMBERS WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE UPDATED POSITION OF THE AIRPORT CORE PROGRAMME.
THE MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE URBAN COUNCIL CHAMBER, THIRD FLOOR, URBAN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 3 EDINBURGH PLACE, CENTRAL.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO OBSERVE THE MEETING ARE REQUESTED TO RESERVE A SEAT BY TELEPHONING MR CHAN HO-KEUNG ON 829 6745 DURING OFFICE HOURS.
AS SEATING IS LIMITED, BOOKINGS WILL BE ACCEPTED ON A FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED BASIS.
ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:
YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER THE MEETING,
EFFORTS MADE TO PROMOTE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD) HAS BEEN WORKING HARD AND WILL CONTINUE TO HELP THE LOCAL PRIMARY INDUSTRIES MEET WITH CHALLENGES IN HONG KONG'S RAPIDLY DEVELOPING SOCIETY.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE DEPARTMENT WILL SPARE NO EFFORTS IN THE PROMOTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.
THESE WERE STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, WHEN HE REVIEWED THE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON.
DR LEE SAID THE LOCAL PRIMARY INDUSTRIES HAD, IN RECENT YEARS, ΤΟ FACE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES INCLUDING LAND AND RESOURCES CONSTRAINTS, KEEN COMPETITION FROM IMPORTED PRIMARY PRODUCE AND INCREASING PUBLIC CONCERN OVER RURAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.
DESPITE ALL THESE, DR LEE STRESSED, AFD HAD BEEN MAKING STEADY PROGRESS IN EXPLORING AND PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTALLY ACCEPTABLE FARMING AND FISHING TECHNIQUES AND IN HELPING SUCH INDUSTRIES IMPROVE THEIR PRODUCTIVITY.
/HE SAID: