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"Heads of schools should make prior arrangement with the respective Fire Station in the district so that talks can be delivered immediately after the conduct of fire drills in schools," Mr Poon said.
Enquiries and requests for talks should be directed to the station commander or in his absence, the Duty Officer of the fire station in the respective district.
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Donation to agricultural trust fund
The Director of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dr Lawrence Lee today (Thursday) received a $50,000 donation on behalf of the J.E. Joseph Trust Fund which has been providing agricultural credit to local farmers through agricultural co-operative societies.
The donation was made by the Federation of Pig Raising Co-operative Societies of Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories, Limited in support of local farming.
Dr Lee thanked the Federation after receiving the cheque from its chairman, Mr Leung Chik, at a presentation ceremony held at the Agriculture and Fisheries Department (AFD) headquarters this morning.
The J.E. Joseph Trust Fund was established in 1954 under the J.E. Joseph Trust Fund Ordinance for the purpose of encouraging and improving agriculture in the New Territories.
The Fund, together with the Kadoorie Agriculture Aid Loan Fund and the Vegetable Marketing Organisation Loan Fund, are administered by the AFD to meet farmers' credit needs.
Loans have been made from the Fund to farmers' co-operative societies for running animal feed/breeding stock bulk purchase schemes, or for relending to individual member-farmers as farm development or working capital.