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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1988

CRITERIA SET FOR SELECTION OF FARMS FOR DEMONSTRATIONS

GROUP UNDER

THE LIVESTOCK WASTE TODAY (THURSDAY) WORKED OUT

ΤΟ FARMS

TAKE PART

IN

DISPOSAL CRITERIA FOR PROJECTS

THE STEERING CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE SELECTING ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME.

PRIVATE

DEMONSTRATION

GROUP, MR LEO KWAN, SAID THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STEERING

ALL 20,000 CHICKENS} IN LARGER FARMS (FARMS WITH MORE THAN 300 PIGS OR

MUI WO AND THE ANGLER'S THE TOLO HARBOUR AND CHANNEL AREA,

BEACH AREA WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE DEMONSTRATION SCHEME.

INDUS AREA, THE "AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF FARMS IN THE RIVER

TO VILLAGE AND TAI LAM SHENZHEN RIVER ARBA AND THE TSUEN WAN, LIU

MORE THAN CHUNG AREA WILL ALSO BE SELECTED TO MAKE UP A TOTAL OF NOT

П MR KWAN SAID. 12 PRIVATE FARMS FOR THE DEMONSTRATION SCHEME,

DRY INCLUDE

MUCK-OUT, WET

MUCK-OUT

"THE DEMONSTRATION WILL METHODS, HYBRID SYSTEM AND THE EFFLUENT FREE-TECHNIQUE.

A GOOD "AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE, A WIDE RANGE OF FARMS COVERING

PIG AND POULTRY FARMS WILL BE MIXTURE OF SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE INCLUDED IN THE SCHEME.

THE WET

MUCK-OUT

MR KWAN NOTED THAT SYSTEM WOULD NORMALLY BE CARRIED OUT ON FARMS

CHICKENS.

EFFLUENT-FREE

PIGS OR 20,000

THE

COULD BE PURBLY FOR PIG FARMS.

METHOD OR THE HYBRID KEEPING AT LEAST 300 PIG RAISING TECHNIQUE

FARMS

REQUIRED TO

SELECTED FOR THE CO-OPERATE FULLY

PROJECTS DEMONSTRATION WITH THE

WOULD ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BY THE GOVERNMENT DURING

BE

THEY SHOULD ALSO

ΤΟ AGREE

AVAILABLE THEIR FARMS FOR

DEPARTMENT (EPD) AND CONSULTANTS EMPLOYED THE CONSTRUCTION AND COMMISSIONING OF THE TREATMENT FACILITIES.

MAKE

DEMONSTRATION PURPOSES FOR A MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS.

"THE COST FOR THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

THE GOVERNMENT," MR KWAN SAID.

WILL BE COVERED BY

THE EXPERIMENT,

"UPON COMPLETION OF THE HANDED OVER FREE TO THE FARMERS WHO WILL BE OPERATE THEM AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE.

FACILITIES WILL BE OBLIGED ΤΟ CONTINUE TO

CEASE BUSINESS WITHIN EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE

"IF THEY SHOULD SUBSEQUENTLY DECIDE TO

THE TO CLAIM 12 MONTHS, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED AFTER DEDUCTING THE COST OF INSTALLATIONS.

*

FARMER REPRESENTATIVES SUGGESTED THAT THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ALLOWANCE IF THEY CEASED COLLECT THE FULL AMOUNT BUSINESS WITHIN SIX MONTHS.

OF

EX-GRATIA

/GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES