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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1987

HIGH TIME TO DEAL WITH POLLUTION

TIME THAT FIRM IT IS HIGH

ACTION IS TAKEN TO DEAL WITH

TOO POLLUTION PROBLEM CAUSED BY ANIMAL WASTE BEFORE IT IS

THE LATE, CHAMBERS, SAID TODAY SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN (WEDNESDAY) WHEN MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE WASTE DISPOSAL { AMENDMENT) BILL 1987 IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

HE NOTED THAT LIVESTOCK WASTE WAS A MAJOR CAUSE OF POLLUTION CAUSE OF STREAMS, NULLAH AND COASTAL WATERS, AND IT WAS ESTIMATED ABOUT 70 PER CENT OF ALL STREAM POLLUTION IN THE NEW TERRITORIES ABOUT 50 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL ORGANIC POLLUTION ENTERING THE SEA,

HE SAID IT WAS ALSO POTENTIALLY A SERIOUS HEALTH RISK

HEAVILY POLLUTED THAT TERRITORY'S WATERCOURSES WERE SO CLEAN THEM UP WAS LONG OVERDUE.

AND

AND THE ACTION ΤΟ

(AMENDMENT} BILL 1987 SOUGHT HE SAID THE WASTE DISPOSAL IMPLEMENT A TEN-YEAR LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL PROGRAMME BY DESIGNATING

PROHIBITION AREAS ' 'LIVESTOCK WASTE

AND

WASTE 'LIVESTOCK

ΤΟ

CONTROL

AREAS ' .

MR CHAMBERS SAID THE STORAGE AND DISPOSAL WOULD BE· CONTROLLED BY THE INCLUSION OF TWO NEW DISPOSAL ORDINANCE.

OF

LIVESTOCK PARTS IN THE

WASTE WASTE

THE MR CHAMBERS SAID

FIRST NEW PART WAS PART IIIA WHICH PROHIBITION AREAS ' + PROVIDED FOR THE DESIGNATION OF LIVESTOCK WASTE

(WHICH FOR THE PURPOSES IN WHICH THE KEEPING OF LIVESTOCK

OF THE ORDINANCE IS DEFINED AS "PIGS AND POULTRY"} WOULD BE FORBIDDEN,

FOR THE HE SAID IT ALSO PROVIDED

DESIGNATION OF LIVESTOCK IN WHICH

BE IT WOULD

AN WASTE CONTROL AREAS',

OFFENCE TO KEEP RELATING TO THE COLLECTION, STORAGE, LIVESTOCK UNLESS REGULATIONS TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF THE WASTE PRODUCED WERE COMPLIED WITH.

SET OUT IN "DETAILS OF THE PROHIBITION AND CONTROL AREAS ARE

TOGETHER WITH THE DATES ON THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD SCHEDULES, WHICH THEY WILL COME INTO EFFECT," MR CHAMBERS ADDED.

CONTROLS "THE FOURTH SCHEDULE EXEMPTS CERTAIN PERSONS FROM THE

OF MARKETS, ABATTOIRS, AND FOOD OF THE BILL, INCLUDING OPERATORS

HE SAID, SHOPS, AND KEEPERS OF VERY SMALL NUMBERS OF LIVESTOCK,

THE SECOND NEW

WAS MR CHAMBERS SAID

PART VA, MATTERS, INCLUDING POWERS OF PROVIDED FOR ENFORCEMENT OBTAINING OF INFORMATION AND THE ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES.

PART

EMPOWERS THE

WHICH ENTRY, THE

TO

WHICH THE

"CLAUSE 13 OF THE BILL

GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL AMEND THE SCHEDULES AND THE GOVERNOR TO AMEND THE DATES ON VARIOUS AREAS WILL COME INTO EFFECT.

/VE ARE