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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1988

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FARMERS MAKE PROPOSALS ON EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE RATES

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LIVESTOCK FARMER REPRESENTATIVES HAVE SUBMITTED

PACKAGE OF PROPOSALS ON WORKING OUT THE RATES OF EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES FOR LIVESTOCK FARM OPERATORS AFFECTED BY THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME.

THE PROPOSAL WAS DISCUSSED AT A MEETING TODAY (FRIDAY) AD HOC WORKING GROUP ON EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES,

LIVESTOCK

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WASTE DISPOSAL

THE WORKING GROUP, SET UP UNDER THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE, HAD PREVIOUSLY HELD TWO MEETINGS DURING WHICH FARMER REPRESENTATIVES HAD EXPRESSED CERTAIN VIEWS ON THE REVIEW OF THE EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES RATES.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING GROUP, MR LEO KWAN, SAID HE WOULD REFLECT THE VIEWS OF FARMER REPRESENTATIVES TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR CONSIDERATION.

THE ANNUAL EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES REVIEW WILL BE HELD IN THREE MONTHS' TIME, HE ADDED.

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CLEANING UP STATUE SQUARE

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THE SEVERITY OF THE LITTERING PROBLEM AT STATUE SQUARE DURING HOLIDAYS IS REFLECTED BY AN AVERAGE INTAKE OF THREE TONNES OF REFUSE NORMALLY COLLECTED AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.

ATTRIBUTES THE URBAN COUNCIL

PEOPLE GATHERING THERE ON HOLIDAYS.

THIS TO THE LARGE NUMBER OF

"PEOPLE LITTER INDISCRIMINATELY AND HAVE TURNED STATUE SQUARE INTO ONE OF THE LITTER BLACKSPOTS," A SPOKESMAN FOR THE JOINT URBAN COUNCIL/REGIONAL COUNCIL KEEP HONG KONG CLEAN STEERING COMMITTEE SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

THE PROBLEM IS DRAWING THE ATTENTION OF 12 VOLUNTARY WHO ASSOCIATIONS AND GROUPS FROM THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG, HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SHOULDERING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CLEANING STATUE SQUARE AND ITS NEIGHBOURING AREAS.

"TWELVE FILIPINO ASSOCIATIONS AND GROUPS HAVE PLEDGED SUPPORT BY JOINING IN AN ADOPTION SCHEME, WHICH HAS BEEN FORMED TO ENCOURAGE PRIVATE COMPANIES AND ORGANISATIONS ΤΟ TAKE UP THE CLEANSING RESPONSIBILITY OF A CERTAIN PUBLIC AREA OR EVEN AS MUCH AS OF THE CITY," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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