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Monday, March 12, 1973

CROWN LAND LICENCES FOR TANNERIES CANCELLED

For Breach of Conditions To Keep Area Clean

The District Office, Tai Po today (Monday) cancelled the Crown Land

licences for four tanneries in the Sheung Shui district of the Now Territories.

The four tanneries concerned were Wing Cheong, Sun Cheong, Tai Cheong

and Hung Hing Wing Lee, all situated near the Fanling railway crossing.

Mr. A.N. Savage, District Officer, Tai Po said that the action was

necessary because of the failure of the tanneries to comply with some special

conditions attached to the licences to make their area less polluted and less

filthy.

These special conditions, which were designed as far as practicable

to minimise the problems of pollution, were agreed with the tannery operators

towards the end of last year, prior to the issue of the licences.

At a meeting with the District Officer more than one month ago on

February 1, the tannery operators were asked to comply with only some vory

simple requirements as a first step during February.

The requirements were: (1) To clean their tanneries thoroughly

and dig up and remove all the rubbish and leather trimmings deposited on the

ground; and (2) To erect corner posts at least seven feet high at each point

on their boundaries where there is a corner or change in direction.

One of the operators concerned has not only failed to clean up his

area to an acceptable standard, but has in fact erected an additional large

structure in flagrant breach of the regulations.

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