WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1987
HIGH TIME TO DEAL WITH POLLUTION
TIME THAT FIRM IT IS HIGH
ACTION IS TAKEN TO DEAL WITH
TOO POLLUTION PROBLEM CAUSED BY ANIMAL WASTE BEFORE IT IS
THE LATE, CHAMBERS, SAID TODAY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN (WEDNESDAY) WHEN MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE WASTE DISPOSAL { AMENDMENT) BILL 1987 IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
HE NOTED THAT LIVESTOCK WASTE WAS A MAJOR CAUSE OF POLLUTION CAUSE OF STREAMS, NULLAH AND COASTAL WATERS, AND IT WAS ESTIMATED ABOUT 70 PER CENT OF ALL STREAM POLLUTION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ABOUT 50 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL ORGANIC POLLUTION ENTERING THE SEA,
HE SAID IT WAS ALSO POTENTIALLY A SERIOUS HEALTH RISK
HEAVILY POLLUTED THAT TERRITORY'S WATERCOURSES WERE SO CLEAN THEM UP WAS LONG OVERDUE.
AND
AND THE ACTION ΤΟ
(AMENDMENT} BILL 1987 SOUGHT HE SAID THE WASTE DISPOSAL IMPLEMENT A TEN-YEAR LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL PROGRAMME BY DESIGNATING
PROHIBITION AREAS ' 'LIVESTOCK WASTE
AND
WASTE 'LIVESTOCK
ΤΟ
CONTROL
AREAS ' .
MR CHAMBERS SAID THE STORAGE AND DISPOSAL WOULD BE· CONTROLLED BY THE INCLUSION OF TWO NEW DISPOSAL ORDINANCE.
OF
LIVESTOCK PARTS IN THE
WASTE WASTE
THE MR CHAMBERS SAID
FIRST NEW PART WAS PART IIIA WHICH PROHIBITION AREAS ' + PROVIDED FOR THE DESIGNATION OF LIVESTOCK WASTE
(WHICH FOR THE PURPOSES IN WHICH THE KEEPING OF LIVESTOCK
OF THE ORDINANCE IS DEFINED AS "PIGS AND POULTRY"} WOULD BE FORBIDDEN,
FOR THE HE SAID IT ALSO PROVIDED
DESIGNATION OF LIVESTOCK IN WHICH
BE IT WOULD
AN WASTE CONTROL AREAS',
OFFENCE TO KEEP RELATING TO THE COLLECTION, STORAGE, LIVESTOCK UNLESS REGULATIONS TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF THE WASTE PRODUCED WERE COMPLIED WITH.
SET OUT IN "DETAILS OF THE PROHIBITION AND CONTROL AREAS ARE
TOGETHER WITH THE DATES ON THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD SCHEDULES, WHICH THEY WILL COME INTO EFFECT," MR CHAMBERS ADDED.
CONTROLS "THE FOURTH SCHEDULE EXEMPTS CERTAIN PERSONS FROM THE
OF MARKETS, ABATTOIRS, AND FOOD OF THE BILL, INCLUDING OPERATORS
HE SAID, SHOPS, AND KEEPERS OF VERY SMALL NUMBERS OF LIVESTOCK,
THE SECOND NEW
WAS MR CHAMBERS SAID
PART VA, MATTERS, INCLUDING POWERS OF PROVIDED FOR ENFORCEMENT OBTAINING OF INFORMATION AND THE ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES.
PART
EMPOWERS THE
WHICH ENTRY, THE
TO
WHICH THE
"CLAUSE 13 OF THE BILL
GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL AMEND THE SCHEDULES AND THE GOVERNOR TO AMEND THE DATES ON VARIOUS AREAS WILL COME INTO EFFECT.
/VE ARE