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MONDAY, MAY 13, 1991
THE DEVELOPMENT OF WAS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED OF FARMING IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY
AS HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR AGRICULTURE IN HONG KONG, DR LEE SAID HE ON HOW TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT ACCEPTABLE MANNER.
OUT IIE POINTED
THAT TO HELP FARMERS COMPLY WITH WASTE CONTROL SCHEME, THE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT'S LIVESTOCK INITIATED SINCE 1987 ADAPTIVE STUDIES ON AN EFFLUENT-FREE PIG METHOD THE PIG-ON-LITTER (POL) SYSTEM.
THE
HAD
RAISING
WASTES WERE
IN-SITU DECOMPOSED
INTO A SPECIAL BACTERIAL CONDITIONER LANDSCAPING
UNDER THIS SYSTEM, PIG SIMPLE COMPOUNDS BY MEANS OF SAWDUST MIXED WITH PRODUCT AND THE SPENT SAWDUST COULD BE RECYCLED AS A SOIL
NUTRITIONAL VALUE WITH GOOD
AND HORTICULTURAL
FOR
PURPOSES.
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IN TRIALS ON THIS SYSTEM HAVE SO FAR BEEN SUCCESSFUL NOT ONLY
CENTRES EXPERIMENTAL
BUT ALSO IN THE GOVERNMENT
SEVERAL PRIVATE
FARMS," DR LEE SAID.
TECHNICAL
INPUT, THE
WAS ALSO DEPARTMENT CAPITAL FOR INSTALLING THE
APART FROM THIS PROVIDING LOANS TO FARMERS WHO REQUIRED NECESSARY ON-FARM WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES.
THE
PRACTICAL
DR LEE ADDED: "BY BRINGING ACADEMICS AND FARMERS TOGETHER,
DEVELOPMENT OF MORE SYMPOSIUM WILL CERTAINLY LEAD TO THE WASTE TREATMENT AND RECYCLING METHODS."
THIS,
IN TURN, AND CROP
WOULD HELP FARMING AND LIVESTOCK ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS,
AT
INTEGRATE THE DEVELOPMENT
THE SAME TIME PROTECT THE HE SAID.
OF
ANOTHER GUEST, MR CHAN
+
THE PUBLIC, SECTORS
LIVESTOCK OF IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND WERE WILLING TO DO
ORDER
COMPLY TO THEY POSSIBLY COULD IN CONTROL.
ALSO KWOK-WAI
FARMERS
SAID LIKE ANY FULLY RECOGNISED
OTHER
THE
WITH THE
LIVESTOCK
WHAT WASTE
THE FIVE-DAY SYMPOS LUM
WILL END ON FRIDAY. IT INCLUDED SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIUM, AN EXHIBITION, TRAINING COURSES FOR FARMERS
A
FIELD ACTIVITIES.
EXCURSION
FOR
PARTICIPANTS
TO
SEE
LOCAL
A
AND
AGRICULTURAL
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