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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1989

MORE RECENTLY HE HAS SERVED AS DISTRICT COMMISSIONER (TSUEN WAN), CNTA (1983-84); DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION (1985-87); AND COMMISSIONER, SURVEY OFFICE (1987). BECAME DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE IN DECEMBER 1987.

MR HSU WAS PROMOTED ΤΟ HIS PRESENT RANK OF OFFICER STAFF GRADE B1 IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR.

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CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS REMAIN AN IMPORTANT LINK

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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE DISPOSAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE, MR LEO KWAN, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) CALLED ON CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO KEEP UP THEIR IMPORTANT WORK IN PROMOTING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND LIVESTOCK BREEDERS.

HE ALSO HOPED MEMBERS WOULD CONTINUE TO PUT FORWARD THEIR VIEWS ON THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ON PRIVATE FARMS AND ON THE REVIEW OF RELATED REGULATIONS SO THAT THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME COULD ACHIEVE ITS OBJECTIVE IN CONTRIBUTING TO A BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

SPEAKING AT A SPRING RECEPTION HOSTED BY THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE, MR KWAN POINTED OUT THAT SINCE THE FORMATION OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE DISPOSAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, THE COMMITTEE AND ITS SUB-GROUPS HAD HELD 27 MEETINGS AND CONDUCTED MORE THAN 10 VISITS.

"THERE WERE THREE VISITS TO GOVERNMENT FARMS IN TA KU LING, THREE VISITS TO PRIVATE FARMS RECOMMENDED FOR TAKING UP THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS AND FOUR VISITS TO THE SELECTED FARMS TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS," HE NOTED.

MR KWAN WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAD ALWAYS BEEN ACTIVE IN PUTTING FORWARD THEIR VIEWS, AND AS A RESULT, A NUMBER OF ISSUES HAD BEEN SATISFACTORILY RESOLVED.

HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER YEAR OF USEFUL DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE, HE SAID.

THE GUESTS ATTENDING TODAY'S SPRING RECEPTION INCLUDED REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES (DESIGNATE), MR ADOLF AND REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS LIVESTOCK BREEDING ORGANISATIONS.

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