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Mr President,
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Tsuen Wan Slaughterhouse is a private-sector project built in 1979. It is licensed under the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance, Cap. 132. Its facilities and operation comply with the licensing conditions and relevant public health requirements. Sheung Shui It is not Slaughterhouse is a government project being built now. practical nor economically viable to improve the Tsuen Wan facilities in line with the standard for the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse, unless the premises were demolished, redesigned and rebuilt. It would be up to the operator of the Tsuen Wan Slaughterhouse to decide whether it would be feasible to do so. However, in order to address the residents' concern and upon the advice of government, the Tsuen Wan Slaughterhouse has implemented measures to further reduce the odour and noise generated from its operation. These include more frequent hosing down of the pig unloading area and the lairage area, repairing broken windows facing Riviera Gardens and closing windows during slaughtering hours. These measures have already brought about significant improvements to the area. Furthermore, a working group with representatives from Tsuen Wan District Office and relevant government departments, Tsuen Wan
Board District
members and Slaughterhouse management, representatives of Riviera Garden was formed in July 1996 to identify and monitor practical ways of reducing and containing noise and odour nuisances emanating from the Slaughterhouse. At the working group meeting on 23 August 1996, the Slaughterhouse management agreed to consider further increasing the frequency of manual hosing down and employ a consultant to explore the feasibility of using odour neutraliser. The Working Group will meet again later this month to review the effectiveness of the mitigation measures.
The operator of Tsuen Wan Slaughterhouse has obtained the agreement of the pig delivering lorry drivers not to pass through Riviera Gardens via Wing Shun Street. To ensure this is done, Transport Department has prohibited the south-bound traffic at Wing Shun Street from turning right into the slaughterhouse.
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