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HONG KONG AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WRITTEN PQS FROM
MR W GRIFFITHS MP
1. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO FEWER THAN 11 PQS FROM MR WYN GRIFFITHS, LABOUR MP FOR BRIDGEND, FOR WRITTEN REPLY BY 21 JUNE AT NOON.
THE QUESTIONS ARE:
(A) WHAT MEASURES ARE BEING TAKEN BY THE HONG KONG AGRICULTURE
AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TO IMPROVE THE STATE OF THE BUILDINGS-
IN THE CATTLE HOLDING DEPOT.
(8) WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO RELOCATE THE HONG KONG CATTLE
HOLDING DEPOT AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IN THE LIGHT OF THE
OVERCROWDING AND HEALTH HAZARDS.
(C)
WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS AT THE
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT CATTLE HOLDING DEPOT IN
HONG KONG.
(D) WHETHER HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE CONDITIONS PREVAILING
IN THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES CATTLE HOLDING DEPOT IN HONG KONG. (E) WHETHER HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE REASONS FOR, AND THE TIMING OF THE DECLARATION BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES
DEPARTMENT OF HONG KONG OF THE CATTLE HOLDING DEPOT TO BE A
QUARANTINE STATION.
(F)
FOR HOW LONG ANIMALS HAVE TO STAY AT THE HONG KONG
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT CATTLE HOLDING DEPOT IN
ORDER FOR QUARANTINE TO HAVE THE DESIRED DISEASE CONTROL
EFFECT: AND WHO ENFORCES THIS.
(G)
IF HE WILL MAKE IT HIS POLICY TO IMPOSE FULL QUARANTINE
RESTRICTIONS TOGETHER WITH DISEASE CONTROL AND VETERINARY
SEVICES, IN THE EVENT OF THE HONG KONG CATTLE HOLDING DEPOT BEING
AN OFFICIAL AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES QUARANTINE STATION: AND IF
HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT.
(H)
IF HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT ON THE EXTENT OF VETERINARY
SERVICES COVERING THE HONG KONG AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES
DEPARTMENT CATTLE HOLDING DEPOT.
(I)
IF HE WILL ENSURE THAT RSPCA INSPECTORS WILL IN FUTURE BE
ABLE REGULARLY TO ATTEND THE HONG KONG AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES
DEPARTMENT CATTLE HOLDING.
(J)
WHAT ARE THE AVERAGE CHARGES TO DEALERS USING THE HONG KONG
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT CATTLE HOLDING DEPOT: AND
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