Control of livestock waste at unbeding
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WRITTEN REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE
TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHAN YING-LUN
IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 1988
12. MR. CHAN YING-LUN asked:
Question:
Question: In line with the banning of livestock keeping in the
urban areas, does Government intend also to control the disposal of animal waste brought into the urban areas by imported livestock at train and ship unloading stations, abattoirs and wholesale markets?
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SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:
sir,
le
Abattoirs, markets and lairages are exempt from the
provisions of the Waste Disposal (Amendment) Ordinance which
controls the disposal of livestock waste. However, adequate
anti-pollution measures are taken by the relevant government
departments at these facilities.
Livestock waste is collected on a
daily basis and disposed of at landfills and incinerators.
न 2. z.
As regards livestock imported from China on the
Kowloon-Canton Railway, the wagons are not cleansed in Hong Kong
but are sent back the same day for cleansing in China. It is the
intention that the unloading of live pigs now taking place at Homantin will be transferred to the new Sheung Shui abattoir by
Ha|cap Hdmarks in
1990, thus removing the need for the pigs to be brought into the
urban area.