WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1992
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13 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS' STRUCTURES CLEARED
THIRTEEN STRUCTURES OCCUPIED BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN TIN WAI WERE DEMOLISHED BY THE CONTRACTOR EMPLOYED BY THE BUILDINGS LANDS DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO THEIR ARREST ON MAY 4.
SHUI
AND
THE DEBRIS AND LITTER WAS ALSO DISPOSED OF AT THE PILLAR LANDFILL UNDER SUPERVISION BY THE CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, MANAGED THE LANDFILL.
POINT WHICH
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) BY THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY EASON, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PEGGY LAM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
MR EASON SAID THE CLEARANCE ACTION IN THE TIN SHUI WAI AREA WAS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW POLLUTION IN PLACES WHERE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE FOUND WAS DEALT WITH.
HE SAID THE MEASURES WERE ESSENTIALLY REMOVAL OF LITTER AND CONSTRUCTION WASTE.
CONCERNED WITH THE
UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE, THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT CAN ABATE SANITARY NUISANCES AND CLEAR OBNOXIOUS MATTER ARISING FROM THE UNAUTHORISED OCCUPATION OF SUCH AREAS.
HOWEVER, MR EASON SAID NO SUCH ACTION WAS NECESSARY AT TIN
SHUI WAI.
STANDARDS OF CARE FOR ANIMALS ON DISPLAY SATISFACTORY
THE
EXISTING STANDARDS OF HUSBANDRY AND VETERINARY CARE FOR WILD ANIMALS ON PERMANENT EXHIBITION IN HONG KONG ARE SATISFACTORY IN GENERAL, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MRS ANSON
CHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON J.D. MCGREGOR IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MRS CHAN SAID THE STANDARDS OF CARE WERE SET OUT IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH (ANIMALS AND BIRDS) (EXHIBITIONS) REGULATIONS AND THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ORDINANCE.
THE STATUTORY STANDARDS REQUIRE THAT ANIMALS ON A PERMANENT EXHIBITION SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH ENCLOSURES WHERE THEY CAN LIVE COMFORTABLY, MOVE AROUND FREELY AND RECEIVE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AND VENTILATION.
THEY ALSO REQUIRE THE ADEQUATE PROVISION OF FOOD AND WATER, ADEQUATE SANITATION AND A SUITABLE PROGRAMME OF VETERINARY CARE.
/SHE SAID