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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1987

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MR HO SAID COMMONWEALTH PREFERENCE FOR THE UNLIMITED ENTRY OF HONG KONG PRODUCTS INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM MATERIALLY ASSISTED HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIALISATION FROM THE LATE 1940'S TO THE EARLY 1970'S.

+HOWEVER, THESE MAJOR ADVANTAGES HAVE LARGELY FADED AWAY IN CONSEQUENCE OF BRITISH ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY ON JANUARY 1, 1973,+ HE ADDED.

ABATTOIR ANCILLIARY FACILITIES MAY BE MOVED *****

WHILE THERE IS NO PLAN AT PRESENT TO RELOCATE THE KENNEDY TOWN ABATTOIR ANCILLARY FACILITIES TO THE ABATTOIR COULD BE RELOCATED, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LIU LIT-FOR, MR CHAMBERS SAID THIS COULD DEPEND ON WHETHER A SUITABLE SITE WITH GOOD ROAD ACCESS COULD BE FOUND AND WHETHER FUNDS FOR THE RELOCATION WAS AVAILABLE.

HE SAID THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WAS ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR A SUITABLE SITE.

MR CHAMBERS POINTED OUT THAT THE FLUE GAS WHICH CAUSED THE MAIN ODOUR NUISANCE AT THE ABATTOIR CAME FROM THE BY-PRODUCTS PLANT AND THE ANIMAL CREMATOR WITHIN THE ABATTOIR COMPLEX.

• IN THE MEANTIME, AN AFTER-BURNER SYSTEM IS BEING INSTALLED TO REDUCE THE OFFENSIVE ODOUR AND IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN APRIL THIS YEAR.

IN ADDITION, TWO INEFFICIENT BLOOD COOKERS HAVE RECENTLY

BEEN REPLACED, HE SAID.

MR CHAMBERS SAID STAFF OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT WERE MONITORING THE SITUATION CLOSELY AND WOULD SUGGEST FURTHER MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION IF NECESSARY.

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