THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1991
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VIEWS ON LIVESTOCK WASTES CONTROL BEING CONSULTED
BY THE
REDUCE A
VIEWS ON RECENT PROPOSALS
ΤΟ GOVERNMENT BEEN EXPRESSED THOROUGHLY AT POLLUTION BY LIVESTOCK WASTES HAVE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON MEETING OF THE LIVESTOCK SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON.
PRODUCTION,
WAS
THE MEETING, ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S FORMAL CONSULTATION CHANNELS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL LIVESTOCK
INDUSTRY, GOVERNMENT ATTENDED BY 20 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LIVESTOCK OFFICIALS AND EXPERTS IN THE RELATED FIELD.
THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT
DR. PATRICK HASE, AND LANDS BRANCH,
REITERATED THAT THE PROPOSED OF BUSINESS MEASURES WERE NOT DESIGNED TO PUSH LIVESTOCK FARMERS OUT BUT TO ENSURE THAT THEY STAY IN BUSINESS.
AS
FLEXIBLE
AS
POSSIBLE
AS
COME
WHOLE
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT WISHED TO BE
VIEWS OF THE FARMERS AS FAR AND WAS PREPARED TO CONSIDER THE POSSIBLE THROUGH VARIOUS EXISTING CONSULTATION CHANNELS SO AS TO UP WITH A SYSTEM WHICH WOULD BE IN THE BEST COMMUNITY.
INTERESTS OF THE
WERR . SYSTEM ON THE BEING EXCLUDED ALLOWANCE AND
MEANWHILE, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY
PROPOSED LICENSING PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE
AND DUCK INDUSTRY, THE PROPOSAL THAT GEESE
FARMERS THE AMOUNT FROM LICENSING CONTROL AND
OF EX-GRATIA
CAPITAL GRANT.
THE VIEWS OF THE FARMERS HAD BEEN NOTED BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
JOURNEY TIME BETWEEN CAUSEWAY BAY AND CENTRAL GREATLY REDUCED
THE RECENT COMPLETION OF A TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME AT CAUSEWAY BAY HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED WESTBOUND TRAFFIC BETWEEN EASTERN HONG KONG AND CENTRAL, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
THE
INITIAL SURVEYS INDICATED THAT, IN THE MORNING PEAK HOURS, JOURNEY TIME BETWEEN TONG SHUJ ROAD INTERCHANGE AND CANAL ROAD INTERCHANGE HAD BEEN REDUCED FROM ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO FIVE MINUTES, HE SAID.
MOTORISTS TO
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THE SPOKESMAN HOPED THIS WOULD FURTHER ENCOURAGE USE ROUTE 6 AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE HEAVILY CONGESTED ROUTE TRAVEL BETWEEN KOWLOON AND HONG KONG.
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