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FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1988
CONSULTANT APPOINTED TO SET UP DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAS APPOINTED THE CONSULTANT, MESSRS. BINNIE & PARTNERS (HONG KONG), TO SET UP LIVESTOCK WASTE TREATMENT DEMONSTRATION PLANTS AT PRIVATE LIVESTOCK FARMS.
WORK ON THE 8 MILLION PROJECT WILL START IMMEDIATELY AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
AT THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY TODAY (FRIDAY), EPD'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (WASTE AND WATER), MR MIKE STOKOE, SAID THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT WAS TO DEMONSTRATE THE TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY AND OPERATING COST OF THE VARIOUS LIVESTOCK WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEMS RECOMMENDED BY EPD UNDER PRIVATE FARM WORKING CONDITIONS.
"THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER MAJOR STEP FORWARD
IN THE GOVERNMENT'S ASSISTANCE TO FARMERS IN COMPLYING WITH THE REGULATIONS ON THE CONTROL OF LIVESTOCK WASTE."
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A PARTNER OF MES9RS. BINNIE & PARTNERS (HK), MR A.J VAIL, SAID
PROJECT IN VIEW OF THE URGENCY OF THE PROJECT, THE THREE
TEAMS WILL IMMEDIATELY VISIT ALL THE 24 SHORTLISTED FARMS BEFORE RECOMMENDING WHICH FARMS SHOULD BE SELECTED FOR THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.
THE CONSULTANT WILL THEN DESIGN, CONSTRUCT, COMMISSION AND OPERATE VARIOUS LIVESTOCK WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEMS AT THE SELECTED FARMS.
THE SYSTEMS WILL THEN BE FARMERS WHO ALSO WILL BE TRAINED SUPERVISION OF THE CONSULTANT.
HANDED OVER TO THE PARTICIPATING TO OPERATE THE SYSTEM UNDER THE
THE DEMONSTRATION SYSTEM COVER THE DRY-MUCK-OUT, WET-MUCK-OUT, PIG-ON-LITTER AND THE HYBRID SYSTEMS AT PIG, POULTRY AND MIXED FARMS.
BY
THIS PROJECT WAS INITIATED AFTER FULL CONSULTATION WITH THE LIVESTOCK WASTE DISPOSAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED IN
KFFORT DECEMBER 1987, AND IS PART OF A CONTINUOUS
ΤΟ GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATE THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVEN LIVESTOCK WASTE SYSTEMS BEING OPERATED AT THE TA KWU LING PIG BREEDING CENTRE BUT UNDER PRIVATE FARM CONDITIONS.
A STEERING GROUP, CHAIRED BY THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE SECRETARY THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND COMPRISING REPRESENTATIVES OF FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, WAS SET DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES AND LIVESTOCK FARMERS, UP IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR TO MONITOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AND TO SELECT SUITABLE FARMS FOR DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES.
PROJECT
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