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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1986

DEBATE WILL RESUME ON FOUR BILLS BEFORE COMMITTEE STAGE AND THIRD READING. THESE ARE:

* DUTIABLE COMMODITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986

* EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986

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PENALTIES FOR PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY BY UNREGISTERED PERSONS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL 1986

ANTIBIOTICS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986

IN ADDITION, THE HON CHAN KAM-CHUEN WILL MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL ANNUAL REPORT 1985-86 AND THE HON HU FA-KUANG WILL GIVE AN ADDRESS ON THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, HONG KONG - ANNUAL REPORT 1985-86.

CROSS-BRED CHICKEN PROVE POPULAR

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BROILERS DERIVED FROM A CROSS-BREEDING PROGRAMME DEVELOPED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT ARE GENERALLY WELL ACCEPTED BY THE LOCAL POULTRY INDUSTRY.

WHEN RAISED WITH HIGH ENERGY RATIONS, THEY PRODUCE VERY PROMISING RESULTS AND MEET THE DEMAND OF CONSUMERS FOR GOOD QUALITY BIRDS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S POULTRY HUSBANDRY OFFICER, MISS MABLE LAM, AT A SEMINAR HELD THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING,

THE SEMINAR, ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEW TERRITORIES CHICKEN BREEDERS ASSOCIATION AND THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE WORLD POULTRY SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, WAS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 100 POULTRY BREEDERS.

MISS LAM SAID THAT SINCE 1978, THE DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN CARRYING OUT A CROSS-BREEDING PROGRAMME BETWEEN THE LOCAL SHEK KI BREED AND CERTAIN EXOTIC BREEDS SO THAT BROILERS SO DERIVED WOULD HAVE THE DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS.

+THESE INCLUDE YELLOW TO BLUFF-COLOURED FEATHER, YELLOW BE AK, SKIN AND SHANKS, ROUND BODY CONFORMATION WITH THICK BREAST MUSCLES, HIGH SUBCUTANEOUS FAT DEPOSITION, SOFT AND SMOOTH SKIN, GOOD MEAT TEXTURE AND FLAVOUR, AND FAST GROWTH RATE AS WELL AS STRONG DISEASE RESISTANCE, SHE SAID.

/TO RAISE