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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1984
PRIVATE FIRMS PROVE WORTH
III
THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO INVITE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE TO BUILD A LARGE ABATTOIR AT SHEUNG SHUI, TO MEET THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR FRESHLY-KILLED LIVESTOCK IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE TEMPORARY NEW TERRITORY SLAUGHTERHOUSE AT TUNG TAU INDUSTRIAL AREA IN YUEN LONG TODAY (FRIDAY), THE DIRECTOR OF NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES, MR JOHN HEYWOOD, SAID THE NEW ABATTOIR WOULD HAVE A SLAUGHTER ING CAPACITY OF UP TO 2 000 PIGS AND 200 CATTLE PER DAY.
+TO MAKE THE PROSPECTIVE PROJECT MORE ATTRACTIVE TO PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, IT IS PLANNED TO PERMIT THE DEVELOPER TO DEVELOP ALSO SOME FORM OF MEAT PROCESSING INDUSTRY ON THE SAME SITE, + MR HEYWOOD SAID.
THE SLAUGHTER ING FACILITY WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO MEET MARKET DEMAND FOR FRESHLY-KILLED LIVESTOCK AND THE NEEDS OF THE ADJACENT MEAT-PROCESSING PLANT, HE SAID.
MR HEYWOOD SAID TENDERS WOULD BE INVITED IN THE MIDDLE
OF NEXT YEAR FOR THE LAND EARMARKED FOR THE BUILDING OF THE ABATTOIR.
THE DECISION TO INVITE PRIVATE ENTERPRISE TO BUILD THE NEW FACILITY AT SHEUNG SHUI, INSTEAD OF THE PLANNED GOVERNMENT PROJECT, WAS THE RESULT OF THE SUCCESS OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE IN BUILDING MODERN SLAUGHTER ING FACILITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS, HE SAID,
THESE FACILITIES INCLUDE THE TSUEN WAN PRIVATE SLAUGHTERHOUSE, WHICH WAS PUT INTO OPERATION LAST NOVEMBER, AND THE NEW TERRITORY SLAUGHTERHOUSE, WHICH WAS OPENED FOR BUSINESS TODAY.
+ IT SEEMS TRADITIONAL THAT IN THE URBAN AREAS, ANIMAL SLAUGHTERING FACILITIES ARE OPERATED AND MANAGED BY THE GOVERNMENT, WHILE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES THESE FACILITIES ARE OPERATED BY PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, HE SAID.
MR HEYWOOD ALSO SAID THE NEW LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER ING FACILITY IN YUEN LONG, WAS A MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDS.
THE EXISTING YUEN LONG SLAUGHTERHOUSE HAD NOW TO CLOSE,
IN ORDER THAT THE LAND IT OCCUPIED MAY BE FREED FOR VITAL PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, HE SAID,
MR HEYWOOD THANKED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE FOR THEIR EFFORT IN BRINGING THE PROJECT FORWARD SO QUICKLY.
HE LATER PERFORMED A RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE NEW TEMPORARY SLAUGHTERHOUSE, JOINING MR HEYWOOD AT THE CEREMONY WERE THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER OF YUEN LONG, MR JOHN CORRIGALL, AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (AGRICULTURE) OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, DR THOMAS YIP.
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