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ACAF MEMBERS RE-APPOINTED

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WEDNESDAY,

5, 199]

THE

RE-APPOINTMENT COMMITTEE ON

THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ANNOUNCED

13 OF THE

NON-GOVERNMENT MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (ACAF) FOR THE 1991/92 TERM.

THEY ARE MR ANDREW WONG, MR LAU WONG-FAT, MR CHAN KWOK-WAI,

MR MR CHENG FOR-YAU, DR STAN CHEUNG,

HO TAK-YAU, MR IP YEUK-LAM, MR SO MOON-CHEUNG, DR LAM KIN-CHE, MR LEUNG CHIK, DR LEUNG TIN-PU1, MR YUNG TIN-TACK AND DR ZEE SZE-YONG.

MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN SERVING ON THE ACAF SINCE INAUGURATION IN MAY 1988.

ITS

FROM

CITY

OFFICIAL MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES THE ECONOMIC SERVICES BRANCH, THE NEW TERRITORIES REGION OF THE

AND FISHERIES AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND THE AGRICULTURE

IT IS DEPARTMENT.

CHAIRED BY THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE.

OF

OF

PROVIDES A FORMALISED THE ACAF, A GOVERNMENT-APPOINTED BODY, CONSULTATION MECHANISM TO ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON THE DEVELOPMENT LOCAL AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES PRODUCTION, ON THE FORMULATION

TO THEIR LONG-TERM POLICIES AND ON MATTERS RELATING

THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES PRODUCTS.

AND

AS

ITS MEMBERS ARE DRAWN FROM THE AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES

AND SECTORS

EXPERTS MARKETING

IN RELATED. FIELDS AS WELL

RELEVANT GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES OF OMELCO, THE HRUNG YEE KUK AND BRANCHES AND DEPARTMENTS.

ON

THE ACAF IS ASSISTED IN ITS WORK BY ITS FIVE SUB-COMMITTEES CROP FARMING, LIVESTOCK, AQUACULTURE, CAPTURE FISHERIES AND MARKETING, LAND FOR FARMING AND THE AS WELL AS THE WORKING GROUP ON MARGINAL

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MARICULTURE CONSULTANCY

LIAISON

GROUP ON

RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE APPOINTMENT

OF

THE CHAIRMEN AND

OF MEMBERS

THESE

SUB-COMMITTEES, THE WORKING ANNOUNCED LATER.

GROUP AND THE LIAISON GROUP WILL BE

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SELF-FINANCING A MORE PRACTICAL APPROACH

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MOBILISATION OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO SERVE RESIDENTS' NEEDS HAS A MORE LASTING EFFECT THAN DEPENDANCE ON GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR M.D. CARTLAND, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

"SELF-FINANCING IS A MORE PRACTICAL APPROACH ΤΟ DEAL WITH THE HIGHER DEMAND AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE SERVICE RECIPIENTS, HE SAID.

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/MR CARTLAND