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Monday, September 25, 1972

MEETING RESOLVES QUESTION OF PIG SLAUGHTERING

Meat merchants in Tsuen Wan have agreed to have their pigs slaughtered

in the private slaughterhouse in Yuen Long with immediate effect.

This follows a lengthy meeting at the Tsuen Wan District Office

today between eight representatives of meat merchants and officers of

government departments concerned, Mr. Augustine Chui, Assistant Director,

Urban Services (Abattoirs, Hawkers and Markets), Mr. David Lan, Assistant

Director, Urban Services (New Territories) and Mr. H.H. T. Barma, District

Officer, Tsuen Wan.

Pigs from Tsuen Wan were until today slaughtered in the government

abattoir in Cheung Sha Wan. This has become impossible due to the closure

from today of one of the two dressing lines for renovation and the installation

of an additional dressing line.

As a result pigs from Tsuen Wan have to be alaughtered in Yuen Long.

The meat merchants were informed of this and asked to make preparations for

the change several weeks ago,

The new arrangement is intended to improve meat supply both to

Kowloon and Tsuen Wan.

At today's meeting, meat merchants complained that they could not

make immediate arrangements for the change as required.

As an interim measure, Mr. Chui agreed to provide them with workers

for carrying out the slaughtering work in Yuen Long for three days beginning

today.

However, the meat merchants have to bear the usual slaughtering

charge of $6 per head.

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