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FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1994

MR YEUNG SAID DURING CONSTRUCTION, STRICT CONTROL WOULD BE EXERCISED BY ALL RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS SO THAT THE TRAFFIC FLOW ON TUEN MUN ROAD WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.

HE SAID THE INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC ON CASTLE PEAK ROAD WOULD BE CLOSELY MONITORED BY THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT, TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE SO THAT PROMPT ACTIONS COULD BE TAKEN TO MINIMISE DISRUPTION OR INCONVENIENCE TO THE PUBLIC.

THE

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT WAS CONSULTED PRELIMINARY DESIGN STAGE. THE DEPARTMENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL FOUND THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT DUE TO THIS PROJECT WAS AND AIR QUALITY WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED.

DURING

REVIEW MINIMAL

FARMERS URGED TO USE LESS AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES

LOCAL FARMERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE GROWING VEGETABLES, URGED TO USE AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES ONLY WHEN NECESSARY.

ARE

A

THE APPEAL WAS ISSUED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT'S SENIOR CROP DEVELOPMENT OFFICER MR FONG CHUN-WAH AFTER SEMINAR ON THE SAFE AND PROPER USE OF PESTICIDES THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON.

MR FONG STRESSED THAT THERE WERE MANY OPTIONS SUCH AS CULTURE CONTROL, PHYSICAL CONTROL AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL METHODS AVAILABLE ΤΟ FARMERS, OTHER THAN RELYING ON AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES ALONE TO SOLVE THEIR PEST PROBLEMS.

SAID.

THE WHOLE STRATEGY WAS KNOWN AS INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT, HE

"BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF PESTICIDES USED, FARMERS COULD ALSO HELP CONSTITUTE TOWARDS THE BETTERMENT OF THEIR FIELDS AND THE ENVIRONMENT AS A WHOLE. HE ADDED.

"

COMMENTING ON TODAY'S SEMINAR. MR FONG SAID IT WAS RECEIVED BY ABOUT 50 PARTICIPATING FARMERS.

WELL

DURING THE SEMINAR, THE MESSAGE OF "USE LESS AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES" WAS CONVEYED TO THEM.

OR

NO

THEY WERE ALSO TOLD TO EXERCISE EXTRA CARF IN HANDLING PESTICIDES WHEN THEY HAD NO OTHER ALTERNATIVES BUT TO USE THESE SUBSTANCES.

"DEMONSTRATIONS AND PRACTICES

ON TECHNIQUES OF PREPARING A SPRAY SOLUTION, AND ON THE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF SPRAYERS, WERE ALSO GIVEN TO FARMERS, MR FONG SAID.

AND

THE LECTURES QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION.

DEMONSTRATIONS

WERE FOLLOWED BY

A

/MR FONG