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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1987

"WE ARE AT PRESENT CONSIDERING WHETHER TO PROPOSE THE ADVANCING VIEW OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE MUI WO AREA, IN

BAY AT THE SILVERMINE BEING CAUSED BY LIVESTOCK WASTE CHAMBERS SAID.

BEACH,

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INEVITABLY AFFECT THE FARMERS

MR CHAMBERS SAID THE LIVESTOCK SCHEME WOULD THE LIVELIHOOD OF SOME LIVESTOCK KEEPERS AND, THEREFORE, AFFECTED WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR EX-GRATIA PAYMENTS.

"THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS THAT THE RATES OF PAYMENT SHOULD THE SAME AS THOSE HITHERTO USED FOR DEVELOPMENT CLEARANCES.

COMMITTEE, THE

BE

FINANCE

ADMINISTRATION "AT THE SUGGESTION OF

SHOULD BE HAS REVIEWED THE ALLOWANCE RATES AND RECOMMENDED THAT THEY

RATES WERE APPROVED BY INCREASED BY ABOUT 30 PER CENT. THE REVISED FINANCE COMMITTEE LAST WEDNESDAY," HE SAID.

BEEN CARRIED PROPOSALS

OUT

HAD

AND

MR CHAMBERS SAID EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION HAD WITH DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE LIVESTOCK FARMERS AND THE BEEN DISCUSSED AT LENGTH WITH THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF AGRICULTURAL LIVESTOCK KEEPING ASSOCIATIONS,

NUMBER

WILL

THE BE

"AS A RESULT OF THIS CONSULTATION A

INCLUDING BEEN MADE TO THE ORIGINAL PROPOSALS, WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE

PUBLIC FUNDS.

WHICH INITIALLY

OF CHANGES PROVISION

SUBSIDISED

HAVE

OF A FROM

WITH

THE ENVIRONMENTAL

**THERE HAS ALSO BEEN CONSULTATION POLLUTION ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP,

OF

" HE ADDED.

RELATED DRAFT REGULATIONS

WORK AND DETAILED

EXTENSIVE

MR CHAMBERS SAID THIS BILL AND THE

OF MANY YEARS RESULT THE CONSULTATION WITH ALL THOSE AFFECTED,

WERE

"SOME PEOPLE'S LIVELIHOODS WILL INEVITABLY BE AFFECTED, BUT

WE

ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE NEW COMPENSATION THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THIS COUNCIL ARE

RATES

FAIR

APPROVED RECENTLY

AND REASONABLE,

BY

11

HE

SAID.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

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