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THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1976

IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT SCHEME FOR N.T. FARMERS

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THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT HAS RECENTLY COMPLETED THE IRRIGATION DEVELOPMENT SCHEME IN THE SHAN HA-LAM HAU AREA IN PING SHAN.

THE SCHEME, COSTING $115,000, CONSISTS OF FIVE CONCRETE DAMS, 4,200 FEET OF CONCRETE CHANNEL AND 17 SUMPS CAPABLE OF IRRIGATING 84 ACRES OF FARM LAND.

SOME 200 FARMING FAMILIES OF SHAN HA TSUEN AND LAM HAU WILL BENEFIT FROM THE SCHEME.

A HANDING OVER CEREMONY OF THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (FRIDAY) AT THE PING SHAN RURAL COMMITTEE AT 11 A.M.

NOTE TO EDITORS

YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE THE CEREMONY COVERED.

CONSUMER COUNCIL GETS TWO NEW MEMBERS *****

THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THE APPOINTMENT OF TWO NEW MEMBERS TO THE CONSUMER COUNCIL. THEY ARE MR. KAM MING-AH AND MR. PATRICK C.L. POON.

MR. KAM IS AN EXECUTIVE OF JEBSEN AND CO. AND IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN HIS MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE IN CAUSEWAY BAY. MR. POON IS NEWS EDITOR OF THE SING TAO JIH PAO.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT WITH THEIR KNOWLEDGE IN SPECIALISED FIELDS, THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. KAM AND MR. POON WILL ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE WORK OF THE CONSUMER COUNCIL.

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