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FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1984

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NEW LIFE FOR FALLOW VILLAGE LAND

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THROUGH HELP FROM THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, ABOUT 20 HECTARES OF FALLOW LAND IN YUEN LONG IS BEING CULTIVATED AGAIN.

THE LAND. AT MONG TSENG, A VILLAGE AT THE NORTHWEST OF YUEN LONG, HAD BEEN LYING IDLE FOR A LONG TIME DUE TO LACK OF WATER FOR IRRIGATION.

ON LEARNING ABOUT THIS FROM VILLAGERS, THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY BEGAN PROJECT TO IMPROVE IRRIGATION IN THE AREA, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

THE WORK INCLUDED THE SINKING OF A WELL AND CONSTRUCTION OF A WATER TANK AND A METER ROOM, AND THE LAYING OF 800 METRES OF PIPES, AS WELL AS INSTALLATION OF TWO SETS OF SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS -- AT A COST OF $260 000.

THE PROJECT WAS OFFICIALLY HANDED OVER TO VILLAGERS EARLIER THIS WEEK.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOUNG MARTINS BATTING FOR TROPHY

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THE FINALS OF THE ALL HONG KONG BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP POSTPONED LAST SUNDAY BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY DOWNPOUR, WILL NOW BE STAGED ON SUNDAY (MAY 6) AFTERNOON AT THE KGV SPORTSGROUND.

THE SHA TIN MARTINS, A YOUNG BASEBALL TEAM FORMED LAST SEPTEMBER BY THE SHA TIN SPORTS ASSOCIATION UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD, WILL BE COMPETING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THROUGH IN ITS FIRST SEASON, THE TEAM HAS DONE WELL AND HAS MADE ITS WAY INTO THE FINAL, AND WILL BE PLAYING AGAINST THE BUFFALOES+- A JAPANESE TEAM.

THE SHA TIN MARTINS IS MADE UP OF 30 YOUNG PLAYERS AGED BETWEEN SEVEN AND 11.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE GAME WHICH WILL START AT 1 PM AT THE KGV SPORTSGROUND IN TIN KWONG ROAD, KOWLOON.

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