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Monday, November 6, 1972

The Labour Department has also been prepared to assist tannery

workers in finding alternative means of employment on the closure of the

tanneries, but so far none of them have taken advantage of the offer.

The spokesman said that 21 other tannery operators who have formed

themselves into three consortiums and have bought sites in Kwai Chung, will

be allowed to continue operating at their present locations until their new

factories are ready.

However, they will be subject to four conditions which are designed,

as far as is practicable, to minimise the problems of pollution.

The conditions are:

(a) all waste matter and refuse must be stored in proper

(b)

(c)

containers to prevent the emmission of noxious or injurious effluents pending disposal;

the occupier must satisfy the Director of Urban Services in regard to how and where all solid trade wastes are disposed;

any part of the premises fronting a stream or water- course must be set back from it by at least 15 feet;

and

(d) the entire premises must be satisfactorily fenced in.

The tanneries to be moved to Kwai Chung will be required to adhere

to a strict time-table for the planning and construction of the new factories

and the demolition of the existing tanneries.

/The Government