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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1988

THE RESULTS INDICATED THAT THE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

MAJORITY PREFERRED GMT+8

A BILL WAS THEN PASSED IN DECEMBER 1977 SETTING GMT+8 AS THE STANDARD HONG KONG TIME.

GMT+9 WAS AGAIN INTRODUCED FOR A BRIEF PERIOD FROM MAY ΤΟ OCTOBER 1979 BECAUSE OF THE OIL SHORTAGE AT THAT TIME.

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CONSULTANT ON FARM PROJECT TO BE APPOINTED

AN INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCY FIRM WILL BE APPOINTED BY THE END OF NEXT MONTH TO SET UP DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ON PRIVATE FARMS, A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) SAID

TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SPEAKING AT A MEETING OF THE STEERING GROUP OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE DISPOSAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE THIS AFTERNOON, AN EPD OFFICIAL SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD APPROVED $8.2 MILLION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

"THE CRITERIA FOR SELECTING THE OUT AND HOPEFULLY, AN INTERNATIONAL APPOINTED BY THE END OF MAY, HE SAID.

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CONSULTANT

ARE BELNG WORKED CONSULTANCY FIRM WILL BE

HE EXPLAINED THAT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE APPOINTMENT, THE CONSULTANT WOULD PROCEED TO CARRY OUT FURTHER ASSESSMENT AND SITE INVESTIGATION TO IDENTIFY 12 TO 15 LIVESTOCK FARMS FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

THE STEERING GROUP HAD SO FAR RECEIVED 60 NOMINATIONS AND A TOTAL OF 24 PIG AND POULTRY FARMS IN TOLO HARBOUR/CHANNEL, ANGLER'S BEACH AND MUI WO HAD BEEN SHORTLISTED FOR DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS,

MEMBERS OF THE STEERING GROUP ALSO AGREED TO THE TERMS OF AN UNDERTAKING ON THE PARTICIPATION IN THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS WHICH WAS BEING DRAFTED. THE DOCUMENT WOULD SPELL OUT THE THE PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO OBSERVE.

CONDITIONS

WHICH

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