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SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1986

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GOVERNOR OPENS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE

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AN AGRICULTURAL VENTURE WITH A STRONG EDUCATIONAL LINK - THE KADOORIE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE WAS OPENED TODAY (SATURDAY) BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE.

SIR EDWARD SAID THAT APART FROM PROVIDING A TEACHING FIELD STATION FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THE CENTRE WOULD ALSO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RESEARCH INTO AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL PROBLEMS OF RELEVANCE TO HONG KONG AND NEIGHBOURING REGIONS.

HE SAID THAT HE WAS PARTICULARLY PLEASED TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RESEARCH CENTRE BEING COMBINED WITH THE RESEARCH WORK OF THE UNIVERSITY.

+ IN TODAY'S COMPLEX WORLD, INTER-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND CO-OPERATION IS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT.

+WE LOOK FORWARD WITH ANTICIPATION TO THE COMPLETION OF PHASES II AND III WHICH WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LABORATORIES AND GREENHOUSES,+ HE SAID.

SIR EDWARD NOTED THAT THE ASSISTANCE WHICH THE KADOORIE FAMILY HAD GIVEN TO HONG KONG'S RURAL AND FARMING COMMUNITIES WAS WELL KNOWN AND WENT BACK MANY YEARS.

HE SAID: THE KADOORIE AGRICULTURAL AID LOAN FUND HAS CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE IN HONG KONG.

+ THE AGRICULTURAL AID ASSOCIATION HAS PROVIDED SUPPORT TO A WIDE RANGE OF LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS FOR IMPROVING VILLAGE ACCESS, IRRIGATION AND TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.

+RELIEF AND GIFTS OF LIVESTOCK AND ANIMAL FEED HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO FARMERS IN DIFFICULTY TO HELP THEM TO IMPROVE THEIR STANDARDS OF FARMING.

+TO COMPLEMENT THIS EFFORT, THE KADOORIE FARM UNDERTAKES LIVESTOCK AND CROP IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMMES AND DISSEMINATES INFORMATION ON GOOD FARMING PRACTICES.

+ THE FARM HAS ALSO GIVEN COUNTLESS PARTIES OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AN INSIGHT INTO MODERN HORTICULTURE AND AN ENJOYABLE DAY IN THE COUNTRYSIDE.+

SIR EDWARD SAID THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE HAD BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS DONATION OF THE KADOORIE FAMILY AND THE HARD WORK OF THE PROJECT COMMITTEE.

+ WE ARE MOST THANKFUL TO THEM ALL FOR THEIR GENEROSITY AND EFFORTS, HE ADDED.

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