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THIS WOULD REMOVE THE NEED FOR PICS TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE URBAN AREA.
MR HSU ALSO POINTED OUT THAT ABATTOIRS, MARKETS AND LAIRAGES WERE EXEMPTED FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THE WASTE DISPOSAL (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE WHICH CONTROLLED THE DISPOSAL OF LIVESTOCK WASTE.
"HOWEVER, ADEQUATE ANTI-POLLUTION MEASURES ARE TAKEN BY THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AT THESE FACILITIES.
"LIVESTOCK WASTE IS COLLECTED ON A DAILY BASIS AND DISPOSED OF
AT LANDFILLS AND INCINERATORS," HE SAID.
INCREASE IN APPLICATIONS FOR BN (0) PASSPORTS EXPECTED
FOR
THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVES THAT THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORTS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM, MR BARNES EXPLAINED THAT THE BN(0) PASSPORT HAD A 10-YEAR VALIDITY AND IT COULD BE REPLACED BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER JULY 1, 1997.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY CITIZEN PASSPORT HAD A PROGRESSIVELY SHORTER VALIDITY AS 1997 APPROACHED, AND WAS NOT REPLACEABLE AFTER JULY 1, 1997.
WITH
MR BARNES SAID: "THE UNITED KINGDOM MEMORANDUM ASSOCIATED THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG PROVIDES THAT HONG KONG BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS (BDTC'S) WILL CEASE TO BE SUCH CITIZENS WITH EFFECT FROM JULY 1, 1997, BUT WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RETAIN AN APPROPRIATE STATUS WHICH WILL ENTITLE THEM TO USE BRITISH PASSPORTS.
BASIS
"THE SCHEDULE TO THE HONG KONG ACT 1985 PROVIDES THE LEGAL TO GIVE EFFECT TO THE PROVISION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM MEMORANDUM.
UNDER THE ACT, THE HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY} ORDER WAS MADE WHEREBY THE BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS), OR BN(0), STATUS BEEN CREATED, HE ADDED.
HAD
MR BARNES