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THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1990

MR HO ADDED THAT IN CARRYING OUT THE

EXPERIMENT, ONE OF THE

CROPS

TECHNICAL PROBLEMS WAS TO STUDY HOW FARMERS COULD STAGGER THEIR TO SECURE A STEADY SUPPLY.

BECAUSE

BUYERS

SUPERMARKETS,

THEY NEED OF

OF THIS IS IMPORTANT RESTAURANT-CHAINS AND HOTEL GROUPS HAVE STRESSED THAT WHAT IS A RELIABLE SOURCE WHICH CAN PROVIDE A STEADY AND REGULAR SUPPLY HIGH-QUALITY EXOTIC VEGETABLES.

"THE

MASS

SEEDLING

WHICH

GAINING IS VALUED BY OUR FARMERS POPULARITY IN WESTERN COUNTRIES AND HAS BEEN

AND THE NETHERLANDS IN

STUDY OVERSEAS WHEN THEY VISITED THE U.S.

HE CONTINUED. TOURS, IS THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS,

PRODUCTION SYSTEM,

ΓΙ

INVOLVES

A

TRAYS

THE USE OF THE SYSTEM

LOW-COST PLASTIC-FILM GREENHOUSE FOR PROTECTION OF SEEDLINGS GROWN IN PLUG-TRAYS. THE HAVE CELLS TO ACCOMMODATE SEEDLINGS INDIVIDUALLY.

SEEDS CAN BE PRECISELY SOWN DUE TO STANDARDISATION, SINGLE

MACHINE. INTO A CELL OF CLEAN, TAILOR-MADE MEDIUM BY A SEMI-AUTOMATIC MASS QUANTITIES CAN THUS BE PROCESSED TO REDUCE COST PER SEEDLING.

CENTRALISED CARE,

AS A RESULT OF THE ADEQUATE ENVIRONMENT AND A SUPPLY OF UNIFORM, HEALTHY AND VIGOROUS SEEDLINGS CAN BE ENSURED MEET PLANTING SCHEDULES OF FARMERS.

MR HO SAID IN PARTICULAR, THE VEGETABLE MARKETING SOCIETIES WOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE UP THE MASS SEEDLING TECHNIQUE AND TO ESTABLISH COLLECTIVELY THE SERVE THEIR MEMBERS.

ΤΟ

CO-OPERATIVE PRODUCTION

NECESSARY FACILITIES то

MODERN TECHNIQUES CAN QUALITY VEGETABLES AT TO THE PEACEFUL AND

"A STRONGER FARMING INDUSTRY EMPLOYING SECURE LOCAL PEOPLE WITH TOP FRESH AND HIGH REASONABLE PRICES, AND CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE SCENIC ENVIRONMENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES," MR HO CONCLUDED.

IN HONG KONG

CURRENTLY THERE ARE ABOUT 7,000 VEGETABLE FARMS AND THEY SUPPLY ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF LOCAL DEMAND FOR FRESH VEGETABLES.

IS ONE OF PRODUCTIVITY OF VEGETABLE FARMING IN THE TERRITORY

UNIT AREA PER YEAR. THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF YIELD PER

ARE WHITE CABBAGE,

CABBAGE, FLOWERING THE COMMON VEGETABLES GROWN CHINESE KALE, SPINACH, WATERCRESS AND CHINESE GOURD SPECIES.

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