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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1988
WITH OVER 1.500 MEMBERSHIP COMPRISES 380 MAJOR CHICKEN FARMS
CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES WITH CHICKEN FARMERS, 26 VEGETABLE MARKETING SOME
PIG VEGETABLE
AS
RAISING MEMBERS, AND 22 FARMERS 9,100 CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES WITH SOME 1,300 PIG FARMERS AS MEMBERS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED
FEDERATION OF THE HONG SOCIETIES TOMORROW.
TO KONG
COVER THE INAUGURATION PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL
OF THE JOINT AND MARKETING
CENTENARY ROOM,
THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD IN THE HONG KONG HOTEL, CANTON ROAD, KOWLOON, BEGINNING AT 2 PM.
AFD REPRESENTATIVES.
INFORMATION STAFF
WILL BE ON
HAND TO ASSIST
MEDIA
WATER POLLUTION IN HK SOUTH BEING TACKLED
THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AT BEACHES ON THE SOUTHERN PART OF HONG
SECRETARY FOR (THURSDAY).
HONG KONG
AND KOWLOON,
KONG ISLAND, THE REGIONAL MR DAVID LAN, SAID TODAY
FOLLOWING A VISIT TO
THE SOUTHERN
MR LAN MADE THIS REMARK DISTRICT WHERE MANY OF HONG KONG'S MOST POPULAR BEACHES ARE LOCATED.
LANDS
HE SAID HE HAD CONSULTED THE ENVIRONMENT DIVISION OF THE
BRANCH AS AND WORKS
WELL AS THE DIRECTOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AT THOSE SERVICES, AND NOTED THAT THE MAIN CAUSES OF WATER POLLUTION BEACHES WERE POLLUTED STREAM COURSES AND
DISCHARGING INADEQUATELY TREATED DOMESTIC SEWAGE FROM
IN THE
HINTERLAND.
THE GOVERNMENT MR LAN POINTED OUT THAT MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH IN TACKLING THE PROBLEM.
DRAINS DEVELOPMENTS
WAS
ADOPTING NOW
A
CONTROL ZONE WAS ON THE LEGISLATION SIDE, THE SOUTHERN WATER
QUALITY OBJECTIVES FOR GAZETTED ON JULY 29 THIS YEAR, SETTING WATER THIS ZONE. LICENCES WERE NOW REQUIRED FOR NEW DISCHARGES OF SEWAGE.
OF WORKS ++ MR LAN SAID.
"APART FROM LEGISLATION MEASURES, A NUMBER WILL BE CARRIED OUT TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION,
PROJECTS
/HE ADDED