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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1977

IRRIGATION SCHEME FOR PAT HEUNG FARMERS *****

FARMERS IN PAT HEUNG, NEW TERRITORIES, WILL NOW HAVE ADEQUATE IRRIGATION WATER WITH THE COMPLETION OF AN IRRIGATION SCHEME THERE.

THE SCHEME, COSTING $216,000 TO BUILD, CONSISTS OF 13,350 FEET OF PIPELINE CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING IRRIGATION WATER TO SOME 166 ACRES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND IN THE AREA.

TO HELP MAKE PROPER USE OF THE SCHEME THE PAT HEUNG RURAL COMMITTEE IS FORMING AN IRRIGATION CONTROL BODY AMONG THE VILLAGERS TO PREVENT WATER WASTAGE.

COMMENTING ON THE SCHEME, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID, +VILLAGES OF HO PUI, MA ON KONG, TE! KEK, CHEUNG PO, TAI WO AND THEIR ASSOCIATED AGRICULTURAL LAND WILL HAVE WATER SUPPLY DIRECTLY FROM THE HO PUI RESERVOIR WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE GOVERNMENT IN 1961 SOLELY FOR IRRIGATION USE.+

HE NOTED THAT WITH THE HELP OF THE RURAL COMMITTEE, THE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO SET UP A DEMONSTRATION SCHEME IN THE AREA TO PROMOTE SPRINKLER IRRIGATION WHICH CAN SAVE A LOT OF MANPOWER.

+THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PROMOTING THIS METHOD OF IRRIGATION FOR SOME TIME IN OTHER AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND IT PROVED TO BE SUCCESSFUL,+ HE SAID.

THE PAT HEUNG IRRIGATION SCHEME WILL BE HANDED OVER BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR. E.H. NICHOLS TO THE FARMERS AT A CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT HO PUI AT 3 P.M. ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 1).

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO

TRANSPORT COVER THE HANDING OVER CEREMONY ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 1). FOR THE PRESS WILL LEAVE THE CAR PARK BEHIND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE FOR HO PUI RESERVOIR AT 1.45 P.M. ON TUESDAY.

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