SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 19;*
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WARNING AGAINST ILLEGAL SLAUGHTERING
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VILLAGERS INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL SLAUGHTERING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ARE WARNED TO STOP THE MALPRACTICE IMMEDIATELY, OR FACE PROSECUTION.
A REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ADVISED MEAT SHOP OPERATORS NOT TO BUY UNCERTIFIED PIG CARCASSES FOR SALE TO THE PUBLIC.
THE WARNING FOLLOWED A RECENT COURT CASE IN WHICH TWO VILLAGERS AT PAK SHEK WO, SAI KUNG, WERE EACH FINED $1 000 FOR OPERATING UNLICENSED SLAUGHTERHOUSES AND ANOTHER 500 FOR POSSESSING UNCERTIFIED MEAT.
HE POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE, THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR OPERATING AN UNLICENSED SLAUGHTERHOUSE WAS $10 000 AND THAT FOR POSSESSION OF UNCERTIFIED MEAT WAS $2 000.
TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH, THE SPOKESMAN CONTINUED, THE DEPARTMENT WOULD CARRY ON ITS ON-GOING EFFORTS TO PHASE CUT ILLEGAL SLAUGHTERING BY CONDUCTING SURPRISE RAIDS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES,
PLAN REVISED TO MAKE WAY FOR HOUSING
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THE LATEST VERSION OF THE TAI O LAYOUT PLAN, WHICH EMBRACES SEVERAL MAJOR REVISIONS. WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE NEXT ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD MEETING ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 2).
THE REVISED PLAN, PREPARED BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WAS MADE TO ACCOMMODATE THE EARLY CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPOSED PHASE 11 OF LUNG TIN ESTATE IN RESPONSE TO THE RECENT REACTIVATION OF THE RURAL PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME IN THE ISLANDS DISTRICT.
ABOUT 3 800 PEOPLE CAN BE ACCOMMODATED IN THE ESTATE WHEN PHASE II IS FULLY DEVELOPED, IN ADDITION TO THE 1 300 PEOPLE ALREADY HOUSED IN PHASE OF THE ESTATE.
IT WILL ALSO PROVIDE HOMES FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT CLEARANCES AND ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS FROM TAI O WHO ARE ON THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S GENERAL WAITING LIST.
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ACCORDING TO THE PROPOSALS, TWO ADDITIONAL SITES, EAST AND NEST OF LUNG TIN ESTATE, WILL BE RESERVED AS SPECIAL RESIDENTIAL ZONES FOR HOUSING PROJECTS.
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