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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1987

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AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES FACILITIES INSPECTED

THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON CHAN, SPENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SEEING AT FIRST HAND THE VARIOUS FACILITIES OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, MRS CHAN STARTED HER FAMILIARISATION VISIT BY INSPECTING THE CHEUNG SHA WAN WHOLESALE VEGETABLE MARKET OF THE VEGETABLE MARKETING ORGANISATION WHERE SHE WAS BRIEFED ON THE SYSTEM FOR THE WHOLESALE MARKETING OF IMPORTED AND LOCALLY-PRODUCED VEGETABLES IN HONG KONG.

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SHE NEXT WENT TO THE NEARBY CHEUNG SHA WAN WHOLESALE *73H MARKET, ONE OF THE SEVEN OPERATED BY THE FISH MARKETING ORGANISATION WHERE SHE DISCUSSED PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVING MARKETING FACILITIES TO MEET GROWING NEEDS.

THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO YIM TIN TSAI FOR INSPECT THE YIM TIN TSAI WEST FISH CULTURE ZONE, DESIGNATED UNDER THE MARINE FISH CULTURE ORDINANCE.

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SHE WAS BRIEFED ON THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE MARICULTURE INDUSTRY AND THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUED EFFORT TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL AND EXTENSION SERVICES TO HELP MARICULTURISTS TO INCREASE

PRODUCTIVITY.

MRS CHAN LATER WENT TO HOK TAU IN FANLING WHERE SHE WAS TAKEN ON A TOUR TO SEE THE AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA AND WAS BRIEFED ON ITS POTENTIAL FOR BRINGING FALLOW LAND BACK INTO PRODUCTIVE USE.

IN THE AFTERNOON, MRS CHAN TOURED THE DEPARTMENT'S TAI LUNG FARM WHERE SHE SAW FIELD TESTS ON THE USE OF PESTICIDES ON VEGETABLE CROPS AND THE VARIOUS NON-CHEMICAL METHODS BEING EXPERIMENTED WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO PROTECT CROPS FROM DAMAGE BY PESTS.

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GOVERNOR TO VISIT WAN CHAI

THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, WILL VISIT WAN CHAI TOMORROW (THURSDAY) TO SEE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

SIR DAVID WILL FIRST HAVE A PANORAMIC VIEW OF WAN CHAI FROM THE ROOFTOP OF HOPEWELL CENTRE, FOLLOWED BY A VISIT TO A HOME FOR THE ELDERLY.

/HE WILL