WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1985
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+AS AN INDICATION OF THE OVERALL SITUATION DURING APRIL AND MAY THIS YEAR, THERE WERE 29 PROSECUTIONS, WHEREAS OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS, THERE HAVE BEEN ONLY EIGHT.
+AS REGARDS SALES VOLUME, THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO SUCH STATISTICS, BUT INDIRECT SOURCES INDICATE THAT THE POPULARITY OF THESE MAGAZINES HAS DECLINED, HE ADDED.
THE SALES OF THE MOST POPULAR TITLES WAS CURRENTLY BELIEVED TO BE ABOUT 100 000 COPIES PER ISSUE, COMPARED TO ABOUT 200 000 COPIES IN MAY. THE AVERAGE CIRCULATION FOR OTHERS WAS ABOUT 20 000 COPIES PER ISSUE,+ HE SAID.
+GOVERNMENT ACTION TO CONTROL AND ELIMINATE THIS OBJECTIONABLE TRADE CONTINUES, HE ADDED.
CONSULTATION SOON ON ANIMAL WASTES CONTROL PACKAGE
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THE GOVERNMENT IS TO START PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON A PACKAGE OF PROPOSALS FOR THE CONTROL OF ANIMAL WASTES, INCLUDING A BAN ON THE KEEPING OF PIGS IN THE MAIN URBAN AREAS, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON KIM CHAM, MR CHAMBERS SAID IT WAS CERTAINLY THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY THAT PIG BREEDING ACTIVITIES WHICH CAUSED ENVIRONMENTAL NUISANCE SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED.
MR CHAMBERS SAID THE BY-LAWS WHICH CONTROLLED THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH PIGS AND OTHER ANIMALS COULD BE KEPT AND IN PARTICULAR THE MEANS OF DISPOSAL OF ANIMAL WASTES, HAD PROVED VERY DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE AND WERE LARGELY INEFFECTIVE.
HE ADDED, HOWEVER, THAT GOVERNMENT WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE PACKAGE OF PROPOSALS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE NUISANCE.
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