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Friday, December 8, 1972

GOVERNOR PRAISES "HARD-WORKING" FARMERS

The Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, today praised Hong Kong's

"hard-working" farmers for their enterprise and willingness to experiment

and try new techniques.

Speaking at the official opening of the Agricultural Show at the

Sek Kong airstrip, he said that without their enterprise and willingness,

"there would be much less to show here today and far less cause for pride

of achievement, far less profit which after all is what farming is

all about."

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Sir Murray described the increased productivity as "the result

of tearwork", in which he said the Agriculture and Fisheries Department,

the formers' cooperatives and the producer associations have all played

their share.

The Show, featuring a wide variety of produce on display, will

continue until Monday (December 11).

The following is the full text of the Governor's speech:-

"Most people think of Hong Kong as an industrial city. Only

yesterday I had the pleasure of opening the impressive exhibition of the

Chinese Manufacturers' Association.

"That Hong Kong also has an agricultural industry is less obvious

to our city dwellers

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despite the fact that a large proportion of their

food is locally produced.

"I hope