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A consideration of the development of Afforestation, Agriculture, Fisheries and Nutrition in the rehabilitation of Hong Kong.
This monorandum is submitted in the belief that co-ordination is essential between these four departments and that a constructive and imaginative policy is required.
Two Government Departments and a gamittee were responsible for these subjects: thay wore the Botanical and Forestry Department, the
isherics esearch tation and the Nutrition :esearch Committee. “heir "heir principal netivities and limitations are outlined below.
I.
Motivitios. 1. Maintenance of Botanic Gardens and of the grounds of
Government Bouse and of Government Institutions.
woodlands.
2. Maintenance of roadside trees.
3. fforestation of hillsides and protection of
b. Encouragement of agriculture.
Limitations. 1. The Botanical side almost entirely concerned with the maintenance of long established gardens. No botanical or horticultural research has been attempted for many years, problems and office routine occupied too much time.
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2. The Forestry side almost entirely concerned with the afforestation of local hillsides with the Chinese pine by antiquated methods. Bo vision show or adequate experimentation with other trees and nodem methods.
3. No constructive agricultural policy ever adopted, No veterinary work attempted. No researeb undertaken into such problems as improved strains, new crops, cover crops, new methods of utilising hillsides and of water conservation. Prior to the war a schom for the establishment of an agricultural research station proposed and approved but never implemented.
II. ME VIRKS
THE FOISIES VERZACE SER skeleton staff, no permanent
buildings.
etivities. 1. esearch into native methods of fishing and in
arine biology.
2. Research into ad hoc problems, e.g. tanning of neta, extraction of shark liver oil.
Limitations.
3.
reation of salt fish siege reserve.
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1. Tendency for academia research to take precedence ever practical assistance to the rishing industry; · this inevitable due to shortage of staff and youth of department.
TII. WE WRITE RE EACH CHENGA MAK MAARE I
personnel chiefly covernment
doctors. Motivation. 1.iscussion of problems and offering or advice to
medical and other departeents.
2. Limited research into food values of local foods.
sitations. This Committee mus totally inadequate to cope with the Colony's vast malnutrition and submutrition probleme. It acted as the tool and mouthpiece of the 3.7.8. (ne part-time Chinese
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