TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1988
DR LEE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF A SEMINAR
· HORTICULTURAL CROP FARMING ORGANISED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE
KONG
BY
THE KADOORIE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG,
ON
HONG OF THE
PARTICIPANTS IN THE SEMINAR COMPRISE AROUND 60 ADMINISTRATORS, MANAGERS AND EXPERTS IN HORTICULTURE AND RELATED FIELDS REPRESENTATIVE PRIVATE FIRMS, ACADEMIC INSTITUTES AND DEPARTMENTS IN HONG KONG AND CHINA.
FROM
GOVERNMENT
DR LEE SAID THAT OWING TO THE SCARCITY OF ARABLE LAND KEEN COMPETITION POSED BY IMPORTED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, FARMERS TENDED TO GROW PERISHABLE CROPS
HONG FETCHING HIGHER PRICES QUICKER RETURNS.
AND THE KONG
AND
MOST IMPORTANT HE SAID.
TYPE
OF
"VEGETABLE CULTIVATION IS THE HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN HONG KONG,"
HAS
"THE MORE FERTILE LAND WHICH IS READILY ACCESSIBLE BY ROAD USUALLY BEEN USED FOR VEGETABLE GROWING AND IN 1987, WERE CULTIVATED,
2,170 HECTARES PRODUCING 34 PER CENT OF THE LOCALLY CONSUMED
VEGETABLES."
FLOWER BECOMING ABOUT
WITH THE INCREASING AFFLUENCE OF SOCIETY, DR LEE SAID, CULTIVATION, WHICH OCCUPIED A TOTAL OF 340 HECTARES, WAS MORE IMPORTANT. FRUIT GROWING, HOWEVER, WAS CONFINED TO ONLY 530 HECTARES IN HILL SLOPES AND MARGINAL LANDS.
DR LEE TOLD THE GATHERING THAT IN SUPPORT OF INDUSTRY, THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATORY WORK AIMED AT SOLVING TECHNICAL PROBLEMS AND IMPROVED PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES.
THROUGH ITS EXTENSIVE SERVICE, HE SAID, NEW TECHNIQUES WERE INTRODUCED AND PROMOTED.
VARIOUS
THE FARMING UNDERTOOK DEVELOPING
CONCEPTS AND
THESE WERE SUPPLEMENTED BY VOCATIONAL TRAINING
FARM SUBJECTS AND A WIDE RANGE OF TECHNICAL INCLUDING IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT, LABORATORY SOIL ANALYSIS AND PEST CONTROL SERVICE.
COURSES ON
SERVICES DIAGNOSIS,
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