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+AT THE SAME TIME, GOVERNMENT IS ALSO PLANNING TO BOOST WELFARE SERVICES IN NEWLY-DEVELOPED AREAS, SUCH AS HING TIN ESTATE IN LAM TIN, THE KOWLOON BAY RECLAMATION AND THE HOUSING SOCIETY GARDEN ESTATE (REDEVELOPMENT) IN NGAU TAU KOK, TO KEEP IN PACE WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THERE, HE SAID.
MR LAW ADDED THAT IT WAS A TIMELY MOVE FOR PO LEUNG KUK TO OPEN THE DAY NURSERY IN THE REDEVELOPED TSUI PING ROAD ESTATE.
HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE KUK FOR ITS CONTRIBUTION TO CHILD CARE SERVICE. NOTING THAT PLANS WERE ALSO IN HAND TO STEP UP ITS SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.
HELP FOR DISTRESSED PIG FARMERS BEING CONSIDERED
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THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, SAID THIS (TUESDAY) EVENING THAT HIS DEPARTMENT WAS CONSIDERING HELP FOR PIG FARMERS WHO WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S AGRICULTURAL WASTE CONTROL MEASURES.
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE NEW COMMITTEE OF THE FEDERATION OF PIG-RAISING CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, DR LEE SAID THAT HE FULLY UNDERSTOOD AND APPRECIATED THE DIFFICULTIES CONFRONTING THE PIG FARMERS.
+WITHIN THE LIMIT OF OUR RESOURCES AND THE AVAILABILITY OF OUR LOAN FUNDS, THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE CONSIDERING PROVIDING TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE AFFECTED FARMERS,+ HE SAID.
+CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN FOR ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WHO WILL BE DISPLACED FROM THE BANNED AREAS TO RE-ESTABLISH IN OTHER NON-POLLUTING AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS.
+DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF INDIVIDUAL CASES, CONSIDERATION WILL ALSO BE GIVEN FOR LOAN FUNDS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THOSE OPERATING IN CONTROL AREAS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF FACILITIES APPROVED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF ANIMAL WASTE SO AS TO MEET THE CONTROL STANDARD AND TO ENABLE THEIR OPERATION TO CONTINUE, HE ADDED.
/DR LEE