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MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1990
"THE INSTITUTIONS INCLUDE HOSPITALS, CLINICS, MATERNITY HOMES, PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS' OFFICES, DENTISTS' SURGERIES, AND MEDICAL, X-RAY AND DENTAL LABORATORIES."
THE SPOKESMAN HOPED THESE INSTITUTIONS WOULD GIVE THE SURVEY FULL SUPPORT AND RETURN THE COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES AND FORMS TO THE STATISTICS UNITS OF THE TWO DEPARTMENTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
"THEIR PARTICIPATION AND CO-OPERATION ARE EXTREMELY
TO MAKING THE SURVEY A SUCCESS.
HE
IMPORTANT
BY INDIVIDUAL
STRESSED THAT THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED INSTITUTIONS AND PERSONS WOULD BE TREATED IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND USED IN GLOBAL ANALYSIS ONLY.
A SIMILAR HEALTH MANPOWER SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN 1987 BY THE THEN MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT,
1,611 FARMERS CEASED BUSINESS IN PHASE I CONTROL AREAS
ABOUT 25 PER CENT OF THE 6,263 LIVESTOCK FARMERS IN THE PHASE I CONTROL AREAS HAVE STOPPED THEIR OPERATIONS FOLLOWING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME TWO YEARS AGO.
AT A MEETING OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE DISPOSAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE TODAY (MONDAY), AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) REPRESENTATIVE SAID 2,864 AFFECTED FARMERS HAD APPLIED FOR EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE TO CEASE THEIR BUSINESS BUT SO FAR, ONLY 1,611 HAD ACTUALLY CLOSED DOWN.
ON THE PROGRESS OF THE PRIVATE FARM DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS THE EPD REPRESENTATIVE SAID SIX FARMS HAD ALREADY COMPLETED THEIR WAS RESPECTIVE SIX-MONTH DEMONSTRATION PERIOD, ONE PIG-ON-LITTER FARM
DEMONSTRATION, NOW ON
WHILE TWO MORE WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR DEMONSTRATION IN JULY.
FARMERS VARIOUS
THE PROJECTS ARE AIMED AT DEMONSTRATING TO LIVESTOCK WHO WISH TO CONTINUE THEIR BUSINESS IN THE CONTROL AREAS THE WASTE TREATMENT METHODS SO THAT THEY CAN MEET ANTI-POLLUTION
REQUIREMENTS.
THE EPD REPRESENTATIVE TOLD MEMBERS ON THE PROJECTS WAS BEING DRAFTED AND WAS SOON.
THAT A CONSULTANCY REPORT EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED
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