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PRESS CONFERENCE

THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1989

A PRESS

LORD GLENARTHUR WILL HOLD

CONFERENCE AT 4 PM ON WEDNESDAY IN THE GIS PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM, FIFTH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

REPRESENTATIVES OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA ARE REQUESTED TO ARRIVE LEAST 15 MINUTES EARLIER TO SET UP THEIR EQUIPMENT.

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DEPARTURE

LORD GLENARTHUR WILL LEAVE HONG KONG BY FLIGHT CX 730 AT 6.15 PM ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO COVER HIS DEPARTURE SHOULD ASSEMBLE IN THE AIRPORT PRESS ROOM AT 5.30 PM.

STEERING GROUP BRIEFED ON PROGRESS OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

OUT OF THE NINE PRIVATE FARMS SELECTED FOR CARRYING OUT THE LIVESTOCK WASTE TREATMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ON PRIVATE FARMS, SIX ARE BEING COMMISSIONED, WHILE TWO OTHER FARMS WILL BE READY FOR COMMISSIONING NEXT MONTH.

MEMBERS OF THE STEERING GROUP ON DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ON PRIVATE FARMS OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE DISPOSAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE WERE BRIEFED ON THE LATEST PROGRESS OF THE DEMONSTRATION A MEETING TODAY (THURSDAY).

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THEY LEARNT THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE REMAINING FARM, WHICH WAS FOR THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE WET-MUCK-OUT METHOD FOR PIGS, WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN MAY THIS YEAR.

CONSTRUCTION OF LIVESTOCK WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES ON ALL PRIVATE FARMS PARTICIPATING IN THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS WOULD THEREFORE HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AROUND MAY THIS YEAR.

CHAIRMAN OF THE STEERING GROUP, MR LEO KWAN, SAID THAT TO CLOSELY MINITOR THE PROGRESS OF THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS, GROUP MEMBERS HAD CONDUCTED REGULAR VISITS TO THE FARMS TO LOOK AT THE INSTALLATION OF THE TREATMENT FACILITIES THERE. THEY HAD COMPLETED THE FIRST ROUND OF VISITS ON DECEMBER 21 LAST YEAR.

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