MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1990
FAILURE TO DO
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT URGED ANY PERSON WHO RECEIVED A REMINDER FORM TO COMPLETE AND RETURN IT WITHIN 14 DAYS. SO WOULD RENDER SUCH PERSON LIABLE TO A FINE OF $2,000.
IF THE PREVIOUS REQUISITION HAD ALREADY BEEN REMINDER NEED NOT BE COMPLETED BUT SHOULD BE RETURNED DEPARTMENT.
RETURNED, THE INTACT TO THE
NUMBER PRINTED HENNESSY
ANYONE HAVING ENQUIRIES MAY CALL THE TELEPHONE ON THE FORM OR MAY VISIT THE DEPARTMENT AT 17TH FLOOR, CENTRE, 500 HENNESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI.
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ACAF MEMBERS TO VISIT PIG BREEDING CENTRE
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JUNE
LING
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT (AFD) HAS, SINCE 1987, BEEN EXPERIMENTING A PIG-ON-LITTER SYSTEM AT ITS TA KWU PIG BREEDING CENTRE WHICH EMPLOYS A SPECIAL BEDDING MATERIAL IN THE PIG SHED COMPRISING SAWDUST 'AND BACTERIAL PRODUCTS ΤΟ DECOMPOSE PIG MANURES IN-SITU AS AND WHEN THEY ARE PRODUCED.
THE DEPARTMENT BELIEVES THAT THE SYSTEM MAY BE ONR OF THE PRACTICAL AND ECONOMIC METHODS ΤΟ COMBAT POLLUTION RESULTING AGRICULTURAL WASTE.
FROM
TO GAIN FIRST-HAND INFORMATION ON THE SYSTEM, MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES (ACAF) WILL VISIT THE TA KWU LING PIG BREEDING CENTRE TOMORROW (TUESDAY) MORNING.
APART FROM THE SYSTEM, MEMBERS WILL ALSO SEE OTHER WASTE TREATMENT METHODS DEMONSTRATED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT AT THE PIG BREEDING CENTRE. THESE INCLUDE THE DRY MUCK-OUT SYSTEM AND THE WET MUCK-OUT SYSTEM.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
VISIT.
THE
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER
MEDIA TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED AND WILL LEAVE AFD HEADQUARTERS, CANTON ROAD GOVERNMENT OFFICES, 393 CANTON KOWLOON AT 9.15 AM TOMORROW (TUESDAY).
ROAD,
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