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MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1991
CONSULTATION ON LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME
TO CLOSE ON AUGUST 15
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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS BRANCH TODAY (MONDAY) URGED LIVESTOCK FARMERS AND ORGANISATIONS CONCERNED FORWARD THEIR VIEWS ON THE LIVESTOCK WASTES CONTROL, SCHEME AS SOON POSSIBLE AS THE CONSULTATION PERIOD WILL CLOSE ON AUGUST 15.
UNDER THE SCHEME, THE GOVERNMENT MEASURES INCLUDING A NEW LICENSING SYSTEM
BY
REDUCE THE RISKS POSED STILL IN USE IN HONG KONG.
OLD-FASHIONED
AS
HAS PROPOSED A NUMBER OF
FOR
KEEPING LIVESTOCK
TO LIVESTOCK KEEPING METHODS
SO FAR, WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE JOINT
LIVESTOCK
COMMITTEE OF AGRICULTURAL AND
KEEPING ASSOCIATIONS WHICH UNION AND REPRESENTED SEVERAL MAJOR FARMERS'
THE DUCKS AND GEESE BREEDERS ASSOCIATION PREPARATORY COMMITTEE AND INDIVIDUALS.
THE THE SPOKESMAN SAID
GOVERNMENT HAD ALSO CONDUCTED WIDE
WITH PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE PROPOSALS IN THE PAST MONTHS
VARIOUS INCLUDING THE ESTABLISHED BODIES,
LIVESTOCK WASTE DISPOSAL
CONSULTATIVE
AND THE LIVESTOCK SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES.
COMMITTEE
DUCK AND
ON
DUCK AND
BEEN HELD WITH IN ADDITION, A SPECIAL MEETING HAD GOOSE FARMERS TO COLLECT THEIR VIEWS ON SIMILAR CONTROL GOOSE KEEPING, HE ADDED.
STRESSED THAT
'THE SPOKESMAN
ALL VIEWS COLLECTED CONSOLIDATED AND SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BEFORE DECISION WAS MADE.
WOULD BR
A FINAL
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NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT BENEFITS WHOLE OF HONG KONG
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HONG KONG'S NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST AND MOST AMBITIOUS OF ITS KIND PLANNED BY ANY CITY IN WORLD, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ALBERT SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
THE LAM,
ASSOCIATION OF YAN ΟΙ TONG SPEAKING AT THE LUNCHEON OF THE
THE HEAVY INVESTMENTS IN DIRECTORS, MR LAM SAID
ROADS, COMMUNITY IN CONNECTION WITH NEW FACILITIES, AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURAL WORKS
URBAN TOWN DEVELOPMENT DID NOT ONLY BENEFIT PEOPLE RELOCATED FROM THE AREAS, BUT ALSO THE INDIGENOUS INHABITANTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
HOUSING AND
APART FROM
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS. PROGRAMME ALSO HELPED TO SUSTAIN AND CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY ECONOMIC GROWTH OF HONG KONG, HE NOTED.
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