In his letter, Mr Li revealed the bleak situation in Qipan township. Almost all the young people in the township had left to find work in cities and 65 per cent of the farmland had been left idle. A family of five paid at least 350 yuan (HK$329) a year for each mu (0.07 of a hectare) of farmland they looked after, and 85 per cent of farmers were losing money.

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Peace is at home […] [to all] who, with labour patient and hopeful, have made the wildernesses of the world to blossom as the rose, have dompted and domesticated the winds and lightning to message-birds of business and friendship; […]

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