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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1986

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LAST YEAR THE BOARD HAD ALLOCATED ABOUT $47 000 TO LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO HOLD VARIOUS ACTIVITIES FOR THE ELDERLY.

+THIS YEAR, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN $70 000 WILL

BE SPENT ON PROJECTS FOR THE ELDERLY, + MR HO SAID.

CHAIRMAN OF THE ORGANISING COMMITTEE OF THE EYE CARING CAMPAIGN, MR LAM KWING-CHEE, SAID THE AIM OF THE CAMPAIGN WAS TO OFFER EYE CARE SERVICES AND INFORMATION ON THE SUBJECT TO THE ELDERLY, AS A GESTURE OF RESPECT TOWARDS THEM.

BESIDES EYE CHECKS, THE FOUR-WEEK CAMPAIGN WILL INCLUDE AN EXHIBITION ON EYE CARE, FREE PROVISION OF SPECTACLES FOR NEEDY ELDERLY PEOPLE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF EYE-CARE BOOKLETS.

FARMERS TO STUDY NEW TECHNIQUES IN U.S. *****

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A GROUP OF 15 FARMERS WILL LEAVE ON SATURDAY (JUNE 7) FOR THE UNITED STATES ON A NINE-DAY TOUR TO STUDY MODERN TECHNIQUES IN CROP FARMING AND MARKETING AND ALSO TO SEE THE LATEST IN FARM MACHINERY.

TO MARK THE OCCASION, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, WILL PRESENT A BANNER TO THE GROUP AT A CEREMONY TOMORROW (THURSDAY).

THE STUDY TOUR, THE NINTH SINCE 1977, HAS BEEN JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, THE VEGETABLE MARKETING ORGANISATION AND THE FEDERATION OF VEGETABLE MARKETING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES.

NOTE TO EDITORS.

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WHICH WILL BE HELD TOMORROW AT 3.30 PM AT AFD HEADQUARTERS ON THE 14TH FLOOR OF CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 393 CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON.

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