SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1978
MODERN CATTLE DRESSING LINES FOR HONG KONG ABATTOIRS
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HONG KONG'S MAIN ABATTOIRS ARE TO BE FITTED WITH NEW, FULLY MECHANISED CATTLE DRESSING LINES IN A $6 MILLION PROGRAMME TO PROVIDE MORE HYGIENIC FACILITIES FOR PREPARING LOCAL BEEF FOR SALE.
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAS COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF THE FIRST OF THESE AT THE KENNEDY TOWN ABATTOIR AND WILL SOON START ON THE SECOND AT CHEUNG SHA WAN.
MR. S.P. YUNG, PROJECT ENGINEER OF THE P.W.D.'S ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE, SAID TODAY THAT TRIALS FOR THE CATTLE DRESSING LINE AT KENNEDY TOWN ARE BEING CARRIED OUT AND IT WILL COME INTO OPERATION EARLY NEXT MONTH.
HE SAID THAT THE LINE WAS AS GOOD AS ANY OPERATING IN THE MOST ADVANCED COUNTRIES.
+ IT IS EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE UP TO SIXTY CARCASSES AN HOUR ON A CONTINUOUSLY MOVING OVERHEAD CONVEYOR BELT SYSTEM.+
UNDER THE PRESENT SYSTEM, MUCH OF THE DRESSING IS DONE ON THE FLOOR.
MR. YUNG SAID THE CARCASS WOULD BE HUNG FROM THE CONVEYOR BELT AS SOON AS THE ANIMAL WAS KILLED, AND DRESSED AS THE BELT MOVED ALONG UNTIL THE FULLY DRESSED CARCASS WAS TAKEN OFF AT THE END OF THE LINE, READY FOR SALE.
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