WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1987
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LEGCO GROUP SUPPORTS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
ΤΟ STUDY
FORMED THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP (AMENDMENT) BILL 1987: IS IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE
AGREES THAT ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BE PROTECTED AND
THE WASTE DISPOSAL THAT OUR PRINCIPLE
THOSE FARMERS WHO
WISH TO CONTINUE LIVESTOCK FARMING IN CONTROL AREAS SHOULD BE
THEY MEET TO DO SO, PROVIDED THAT
CONTROL THE EFFLUENT CONVENER OF THE GROUP, THE HON CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, TOLD COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ALLOWED STANDARD,
THE LEGISLATIVE
THE SPEAKING AT THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL, MR CHEUNG SAID GROUP
THAT ALSO FELT
THE GOVERNMENT
GRANTINO SHOULD CONSIDER
NOT COMPLY WITH THE EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES TO FARMERS WHO COULD
NEW REQUIREMENTS AND ASSISTING THEM TO RE-ESTABLISH IN ANOTHER BUSINESS.
OF
MEETINGS, RIGHT AGRICULTURAL AND THE MEETINGS WITH
LING WAS
HE SAID THE GROUP HAD HELD A TOTAL OF INCLUDING TWO MEETINGS WITH THE JOINT COMMITTEE LIVESTOCK KEEPING ASSOCIATIONS AND FIVE ADMINISTRATION. A VISIT TO THE DEMONSTRATION FARM AT TA KWU ALSO CONDUCTED ON AUGUST 24.
MET PRIVATELY
WITH THE FARMERS'
MR CHEUNG SAID HE HAD ALSO REPRESENTATIVES ON FOUR OCCASIONS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS.
AD HOC GROUP то КЕЕР A THE
"GENERALLY SPEAKING, I AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HAVE BEEN GREATLY IMPRESSED BY THE EFFORTS OF THE FARMERS COOL HEAD IN UNDERSTANDING AND DISCUSSING THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS IN PROCESS OF NEGOTIATION, HE NOTED.
T
"DURING THE COURSE OF EXAMINING THE BILL, IT BECOMES EVIDENT DEAL TO THE AD HOC GROUP THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS (A) DETERMINED TO
IN WITH THE WATER POLLUTION PROBLEM IN THE TERRITORY, AND (B) SINCERE PROVIDING A
ALTERNATIVE то FARMERS TO CONTINUE LIVESTOCK FARMING IN CONTROL AREAS," HE SAID.
VIABLE
THE
MR CHEUNG SAID THAT THE GROUP WAS GLAD THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF HAD, ON THE ADVICE OF THE GROUP
AGREED TO INCREASE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
THE RATES OF EX-GRATIA
AND GRANT
LOAN SCHEME ALLOWANCES BY 30 PER CENT AND TO INTRODUCE A
то PROVIDE FARMERS TOTALLING ABOUT $130 MILLION OVER 10 YEARS
WITH
FUNDS TO
TREATMENT INSTALL
TO
NEW MEET
CONTROL
STANDARD.
FACILITIES
THE
HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT
THE
GROUP ALSO FELT
OF THE
ADMINISTRATION'S ENTHUSIASM IN PUSHING FOR PASSAGE NOT BEEN MATCHED BY ITS EFFORTS IN PROVIDING THE NECESSARY INFORMATION TO FACILITATE MEMBERS' EXAMINATION OF THE BILL.
/HE SAID
THAT THE BILL HAD BACKGROUND