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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1987
MO TAM NEAR THE * DRY
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MR FORD NEXT VISITED A FARM WITH 35 PIGS AT HUNG
WHERE A FARMING COUPLE PRACTISES PAT HEUNG, YUEN LONG, MUCK-OUT' POLLUTION CONTROL METHOD.
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WERE THE FARM
THE ACTING GOVERNOR TOURED AT SHA PO VILLAGE NEAR AU TAU,
WASTES HOW LIVESTOCK FARM MANAGING ABOUT 350 PIGS AND WATCHED DISPOSED OF WITHOUT TREATMENT. HE ALSO LEARNT WHAT MEASURES HAD TO TAKE TO MEET PROPOSED POLLUTION CONTROL STANDARDS.
THE FINAL STOP WAS AT YAU TAM MEI WHERE MR FORD VISITED A LARGE PRACTISE THE *WET FARM MANAGING SOME 2,000 PICS. THE FARM OPERATORS MUCK-OUT' POLLUTION CONTROL METHOD IN THE DISPOSAL OF ANIMAL WASTE.
LIVESTOCK-BREEDING
OVER TEA AFTER THE VISIT, REPRESENTATIVES OF DISCUSSIONS.
MET
THE
ACTING GOVERNOR ASSOCIATIONS FOR
INFORMAL
AN
BY INVITATION
THE FOR HIM TO LEARN GOVERNMENT'S WASTE OPPORTUNITY TO
RESPONSE TO MR FORD'S VISITS WERE IN HEUNG YEE KUK AND LIVESTOCK-BREEDING ASSOCIATIONS ABOUT THE FARMING INDUSTRY, IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DISPOSAL (AMENDMENT) BILL 1987. MR FORD ALSO TOOK THE
WORK OF THE FAMILIARISE HIMSELF WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE END OF THE
GOVERNMENT WOULD HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE SOLUTION TO KEEP AGRICULTURAL WASTE POLLUTION PUTTING FARMERS OUT OF BUSINESS.
MR
VISIT,
SAID COME UP WITH A GOOD UNDER CONTROL WITHOUT
FORD
GO AWAY AND
"I THINK WE ALL LEARNED A LOT TODAY, AND WE WILL THINK ABOUT THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED, AND I HOPE WOULD BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOME GOOD SOLUTIONS," HE SAID.
WE
WAS DONE ΤΟ SOLVE WASTE, HONG KONG WOULD LIKE THE ΚΑΙ TAK
MR FORD POINTED OUT THAT UNLESS SOMETHING THE PROBLEM OF AGRICULTURAL WASTE AND HUMAN END UP WITH A SITUATION WITH TOLO HARBOUR LOOKING NULLAH.
"THAT'S WHY THE GOVERNMENT MUST ATTACH VERY THIS PROBLEM OF POLLUTION CONTROL," HE SAID.
HIGH PRIORITY TO
MUST
UNDER
CONTRIBUTION IN HONG NOTING THAT FARMERS DID MAKE A VALUABLE KONG AND MUST NOT BE PUT OUT OF BUSINESS, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT
THEM ΤΟ BRING THEIR FARMING FIND A WAY OF HELPING CONTROL.
THEM TO
SYSTEMS
"WE MUST FIND A WAY OF HELPING
BRING THEIR SYSTEM UNDER CONTROL SO THAT THEY DON'T CAUSE POLLUTION TO THE OF HONG KONG, AND TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY LIFE OF HONG KONG."
FARMING
WATERS
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