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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1987
"WE ARE AT PRESENT CONSIDERING WHETHER TO PROPOSE THE ADVANCING VIEW OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE MUI WO AREA, IN
BAY AT THE SILVERMINE BEING CAUSED BY LIVESTOCK WASTE CHAMBERS SAID.
BEACH,
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INEVITABLY AFFECT THE FARMERS
MR CHAMBERS SAID THE LIVESTOCK SCHEME WOULD THE LIVELIHOOD OF SOME LIVESTOCK KEEPERS AND, THEREFORE, AFFECTED WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR EX-GRATIA PAYMENTS.
"THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS THAT THE RATES OF PAYMENT SHOULD THE SAME AS THOSE HITHERTO USED FOR DEVELOPMENT CLEARANCES.
COMMITTEE, THE
BE
FINANCE
ADMINISTRATION "AT THE SUGGESTION OF
SHOULD BE HAS REVIEWED THE ALLOWANCE RATES AND RECOMMENDED THAT THEY
RATES WERE APPROVED BY INCREASED BY ABOUT 30 PER CENT. THE REVISED FINANCE COMMITTEE LAST WEDNESDAY," HE SAID.
BEEN CARRIED PROPOSALS
OUT
HAD
AND
MR CHAMBERS SAID EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION HAD WITH DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE LIVESTOCK FARMERS AND THE BEEN DISCUSSED AT LENGTH WITH THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF AGRICULTURAL LIVESTOCK KEEPING ASSOCIATIONS,
NUMBER
WILL
THE BE
"AS A RESULT OF THIS CONSULTATION A
INCLUDING BEEN MADE TO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSALS, WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE
PUBLIC FUNDS.
WHICH INITIALLY
OF CHANGES PROVISION
SUBSIDISED
HAVE
OF A FROM
WITH
THE ENVIRONMENTAL
**THERE HAS ALSO BEEN CONSULTATION POLLUTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP,
OF
" HE ADDED.
RELATED DRAFT REGULATIONS
WORK AND DETAILED
EXTENSIVE
MR CHAMBERS SAID THIS BILL AND THE
OF MANY YEARS RESULT THE CONSULTATION WITH ALL THOSE AFFECTED,
WERE
"SOME PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOODS WILL INEVITABLY BE AFFECTED, BUT
WE
ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE NEW COMPENSATION THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THIS COUNCIL ARE
RATES
FAIR
APPROVED RECENTLY
AND REASONABLE,
BY
11
HE
SAID.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
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