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LIVESTOCK REARING BODIES WERE ALSO VISITED AND VIEWS WERE EXCHANGED WITH OPERATORS.
DURING EACH VISIT, LIAISON OFFICERS EXPLAINED TO THE FARMS IN DETAIL THE WASTE CONTROL SCHEME, EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE ARRANGEMENTS, DEPARTMENTS AND THE
SERVICES ΤΟ BE PROVIDED BY GOVERNMENT AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE, HE SAID.
INFORMATION PAMPHLETS WERE ALSO DISTRIBUTED.
A SERIES OF VISITS TO THE GOVERNMENT'S EXPERIMENTAL FARM AT TA KWU LING AND SEMINARS ON THE WASTE CONTROL SCHEME AND WASTE TREATMENT METHODS HAD BEEN ORGANISED FOR FARMERS, MR KWAN WENT ON.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT AND THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WERE INVITED TO BRIEF THE FARMERS.
MR KWAN ALSO NOTED THAT THE TELEPHONE HOT-LINES, SET UP LAST MONTH IN CONNECTION WITH THE WASTE CONTROL SCHEME, WERE WELL PATRONISED.
THE THREE HOT-LINES
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HAD RECEIVED OVER
YUEN LONG 120
IN THE CNTA HEADQUARTERS, DISTRICT OFFICE AND NORTH DISTRICT OFFICE ENQUIRIES.
OF THESE. ABOUT 40 WERE IN RELATION то THE EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES. OTHER CALLS INCLUDED ENQUIRIES ABOUT DETAILS OF THE CONTROL SCHEME AND
IMPLEMENTATION DATES.
THE THREE
TELEPHONE HOT-LINES ARE:
CNTA HEADQUARTERS,
3-7241771; YUEN LONG LIAISON OFFICE, 0-792261 EXT. 186; AND NORTH LIAISON OFFICE, 0-6754664.
MORE WORKERS TO UNDERGO HEARING TESTS
MORE THAN 350 FACTORY WORKERS HAVE UNDERGONE AUDIOMETRIC TESTS UNDER THE CURRENT HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAMME WHICH IS EXPECTED ΤΟ COVER ABOUT 600 WORKERS FROM 30 FACTORIES.
THE YEAR-LONG PROGRAMME IS BEING ORGANISED FOR THE FIRST TIMB IN HONG KONG BY THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.
IT INVOLVES MEASURING THE HEARING OF WORKERS AS WELL AS NOISE LEVELS IN THE WORKPLACES OF SIX NOISE-PRONE INDUSTRIES.
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