WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1989
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CONSIDERED NECESSARY
"IT IS THEREFORE
то REGULATE PRODUCTION AND TRADE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION AND HE SAID.
WAS THE
1TS
CONTROL,
"
RESPONSIBILITY OF
ΤΟ ALL
USE
MR IU ADDED THAT IT NATURAL RESOURCES WISELY AND REFRAIN FROM OVER-EXPLOITING THEM.
"ONLY BY SO
RESOURCES WILL AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THIS GENERATION AND MANY HE SAID.
THESE DOING,
ΤΟ GENERATIONS
ΤΟ CONTINUE
COME,
BE
FARMERS VISIT PRIVATE DEMONSTRATION FARM
ABOUT 30 FARMERS FROM THE YUEN LONG AND NORTH DISTRICTS (WEDNESDAY) VISITED A PRIVATE POULTRY FARM IN SHEUNG SHUI AND SAW THEMSELVES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE INSTALLED THERE.
TODAY
TREATMENT SYSTEM
THE FARM IS IN KAM TSIN TSUEN, SHEUNG 15,500 CHICKENS.
SHUI,
AND KEEPS ABOUT
THE WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM ADOPTED WAS THE DRY-MUCK-OUT METHOD. YEAR AND HAS THE SYSTEM WAS HANDED OVER TO THE FARMER IN MARCH THIS BEEN OPERATING SUCCESSFULLY SINCE THEN.
THE
VISITS CO-ORDINATED BY AND CONDUCTED BY
THE VISIT IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF
ADMINISTRATION AND CITY
NEW TERRITORIES THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD), TO ALLOW FARMERS TO SEE THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF VARIOUS LIVESTOCK WASTE TREATMENT PRIVATE FARM CONDITIONS.
METHODS IN
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EPD SAID DIFFERENT WASTE TREATMENT HAVE BEEN SET UP ON NINE LOCAL LIVESTOCK FARMS,
VARIOUS METHODS ARE
DEMONSTRATED BEING
SYSTEMS REQUIRING DRY MUCKING OUT OF THE WASTE TO FULL WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEMS.
METHODS
RANGING FROM SIMPLE MORE SOPHISTICATED
PIGS ON A DRY BACTERIAL
ALSO INCLUDED IS THE NEW TECHNIQUE OF RAISING SAWDUST LITTER BED IN WHICH THE WASTE IS COMPOSTED USING A PRODUCT TO ENHANCE NATURAL PROCESSES.
то SBT UP
UNDER THE DEMONSTRATION SCHEME, THE GOVERNEMNT HAS THE APPROPRIATE SYSTEMS ON THE FARMS AND HAND THEM OVER TO THE FARMERS FOR OPERATION FOR SIX MONTHS,
THE
TRAINED FARMERS
BE WILL CONSULTANT ON THE USE OF THE FACILITIES.
BY
THE
GOVERNMENT
APPOINTED
SO FAR, FIVE TREATMENT SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN
HANDED
OVER
TO THE
FARMERS.
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