MONDAY, MAY 13, 1991
SHE ADDED THAT LIVESTOCK WASTES WERE HEAVILY POLLUTING WATER COURSES AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE POLLUTION OF COASTAL WATERS, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WITH POOR WATER CIRCULATION.
MRS CHAN POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG HAD MADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IN THE SEARCH FOR BETTER LIVESTOCK REARING METHODS.
SHE SAID AS AN INITIAL STEP, DEMONSTRATION THE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC VIABILITY OF DIFFERENT METHODS HAD BEEN SET UP.
PROJECTS TO TEST LIVESTOCK REARING
"THIS WAS NECESSARY BECAUSE WE FELT THAT ANY CHANGES TO THE TRADITIONAL METHOD OF LIVESTOCK REARING HAD ΤΟ BE SHOWN TO BF FEASIBLE BEFORE FARMERS WOULD ADOPT THEM, THE SECRETARY SAID.
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THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS HAD NOW BEEN SUCCESSFULLY CONCLUDED, AND THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOW CAREFULLY EVALUATING THE OPTIONS FOR BEST WAY FORWARD, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OUR POLICY OBJECTIVES VIEWS OF THE FARMING AND SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITIES.
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"I THEREFORE FIND IT PARTICULARLY USEFUL THAT A SYMPOSIUM OF THIS NATURE SHOULD BE HELD AT THE
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARN YOUR VIEWS ON OUR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT IN DUE COURSE.
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SHE SAID PROGRESS TOWARDS A BETTER ENVIRONMENT WOULD REQUIRE CO-OPERATIVE EFFORT AND THE BRINGING TOGETHER OF DIFFERENT SKILLS.
THIS SYMPOSIUM, SHE CONTINUED, WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE WAY IN WHICH RESEARCHERS, ACADEMICS, FARMERS AND CIVIL SERVANTS COULD POOL THEIR EFFORTS TO APPLY MODERN TECHNOLOGY IN THE MOST PRACTICAL WAY TO ACHIEVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT AND BUSINESS EFFICIENCY.
MRS CHAN SAID SHE WAS PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE PROGRAMME FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS COVERED NOT ONLY THE TREATMENT, BUT ALSO THE RECYCLING OF LIVESTOCK WASTES.
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"MUCH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH HAD ALREADY BEEN DEVOTED TO RECYCLING AND SOME PROGRESS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN CONVERTING WASTES INTO SOIL CONDITIONER.
"I HOPE THAT MORE PROGRESS CAN BE ACHIEVED IN THIS AREA SHORTLY SO THAT THE FARMING COMMUNITY WILL HAVE AN ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE TO ADOPT MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY DISPOSAL TECHNIQUES, SHE CONFIDED.
ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE KADOORIE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE, SIR HORACE KADOORIE.
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SYMPOSIUM'S ORGANISERS, INCLUDING THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE; THE DIRECTOR OF HKU'S KADOORIE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE, PROFESSOR DANIEL CHAN; AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT FEDERATION OF THE HONG KONG AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND MARKETING SOCIETIES (JFHKAPMS), MR CHAN KWOK-WAI WERE ALSO PRESENT AT THE CEREMONY.
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