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Wednesday, December 13, 1972
BY-PRODUCT PLANT TO BE IMPROVED
$2.5 Million Project For Kennedy Town Abattoir
The by-product plant at the Kennedy Town Abattoir is to be modernised
and expanded to achieve maximum efficiency and productivity.
A "close-circuit" system consisting of automatic handling, milling
and packing equipment, and a number of additional cookers and boilers are to
be installed.
When these new installations are completed, the number of workers
in the plant can be reduced, with quality control imposed, and possible con-
tamination problems eliminated.
The main by-products manufactured by the plant are meat-and-bone
meal, blood meal and industrial grease.
The total revenue collected from the sale of these by-products amounts
to more than 31 million each year; and with the modernisation and expansion of
the plant, the amount is expected to double.
Sources of material for the by-products are the two abattoirs at
Kennedy Town and Cheung Sha Wan, where 7,000 pigs and 500 heads of cattle are
slaughtered daily.
The estimated cost of the project is $2.5 million.
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