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THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1990

SPEAKING AT A BANNER PRESENTATION CEREMONY AT THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD) HEADQUARTERS TODAY (THURSDAY), THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, SAID BY AVAILING THEMSELVES TO THE LATEST FARMING KNOWLEDGE IN THE ADVANCED COUNTRIES, HONG KONG FARMERS COULD ADOPT CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES AND MARKETING PRACTICES WHICH WERE SUITABLE FOR THE TERRITORY.

HE CITED AS AN EXAMPLE THE GROWING OF EXOTIC VEGETABLES BY USING THE MASS SEEDLING PRODUCTION TECHNIQUE WHICH WAS ADOPTED ON RECOMMENDATION BY PREVIOUS STUDY GROUPS.

THE TECHNIQUE HAD SUCCESSFULLY

TURNED A NEW LEAF IN HONG

KONG'S AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY, HE SAID.

DR LEE SAID THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME FLOWER GROWERS AND PLANT NURSERY OPERATORS TOOK PART IN SUCH KIND OF OVERSEAS STUDY TOURS AND THEIR PARTICIPATION WOULD CERTAINLY HELP THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOCAL FLOWER GROWING INDUSTRY.

HE HOPED THE AGRICULTURAL REPRESENTATIVES COULD BRING BACK USEFUL TECHNICAL KNOW-HOW AND SHARE IT WITH THEIR FELLOW FARMERS.

THE GROUP, ACCOMPANIED BY AFD'S AGRICULTURAL OFFICERS MR НО KOON-YU AND MR HO MAN-FAN, WILL VISIT FARMS, MARKETS, PLANT NURSERIES, HORTICULTURAL INSTITUTES AND PLACES OF AGRICULTURAL INTEREST DURING THEIR TRIP.

THE STUDY TOUR FOR VEGETABLE FARMERS, THE 13TH SINCE 1977, IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE AFD, THE VEGETABLE MARKETING ORGANISATION AND THE FEDERATION OF VEGETABLE MARKETING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES.

REPLACEMENT TYPHOON SHELTER ON DB AGENDA

津津

THE

YAU

TSIM DISTRICT CONSTRUCTION OF THE YAU MA TEI MEETING TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

BOARD WILL BE BRIEFED

TYPHOON REPLACEMENT

ON SHELTER AT ITS

THE

START

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TERRITORY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL BE PRESENT TO BRIEF MEMBERS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS WHICH WILL IN AUGUST.

OF THE PROPOSED WEST KOWLOON THE PROJECT, WHICH FORMS PART

SEAWALL, OF A BREAKWATER, INCLUDE RECLAMATION, WILL

CONSTRUCTION PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA AND OTHER MARINE FACILITIES,

MEMBERS WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE

VENUE FOR A YU LAN

FESTIVAL

CELEBRATION.

/OTHER AGENDA