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SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1989

LIVESTOCK FARMERS TO VISIT PRIVATE DEMONSTRATION FARMS

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THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR INTERESTED PRIVATE FARMS PARTICIPATING IN

DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

ADMINISTRATION

LIVESTOCK FARMERS

THE LIVESTOCK

(CNTA)

WILL BE TO VISIT THE WASTE DISPOSAL

OPPORTUNITY FOR THE

THESE

FARMERS ΤΟ PRIVATE FARMS CONTROL

THE VISITS WILL PROVIDE AN SEE THE OPERATION OF WASTE TREATMENT METHODS IN SO AS TO ENABLE THEM TO COMPLY WITH THE LIVESTOCK WASTE REQUIREMENTS.

THE FARMERS WILL BE BRIEFED BY REPRESENTATIVES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) DURING THE VISITS.

AREAS

FROM THE

CONTROL

LIVESTOCK FARMERS WHO WISH TO CONTINUE OPERATION IN ARE INVITED то REGISTER THEIR INTEREST IN VISITING DEMONSTRATION FARMS WITH THE CNTA ON THE DEPARTMENT'S HOTLINES DURING OFFICE HOURS.

THE HOTLINES ARE 0-6754664 FOR FARMERS IN THE 0-4792261 EXT. 152 FOR THOSE IN THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT, AND NORTH

FOR THOSE IN OTHER DISTRICTS.

THE

TELEPHONE

DISTRICT, 3-7351771

THESE

AREAS IS AREAS WITH

CONTROL OF LIVESTOCK WASTE DISPOSAL IN THE CONTROL BEING IMPLEMENTED IN STAGES AND ALL LIVESTOCK FARMERS IN WHO WISH TO CONTINUE OPERATION WILL HAVE TO COMPLY ANTI-POLLUTION REQUIREMENTS,

ON

CHAIRMAN OF THE STEERING GROUP ON DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS PRIVATE FARMS OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE DISPOSAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE, MR LEO KWAN, SAID IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW CONTROLS, LIVESTOCK FARMERS WOULD HAVE TO INSTALL THE NECESSARY TREATMENT FACILITIES.

AND

FARMS

IN VIEW OF THIS, NINE PRIVATE FARMS, COMPRISING SIX PIG THREE CHICKEN FARMS, HAD BEEN CHOSEN TO TAKE PART IN THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ON VARIOUS TREATMENT METHODS, MR KWAN SAID.

A CONSULTANT HAD BEEN APPOINTED TO SET UP THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDED THE DRY MUCK-OUT, WET MUCK-OUT, HYBRID AND PIG-ON-LITTER METHOLDS.

AN EPD SPOKESMAN SAID SO FAR FOUR TREATMENT SYSTEMS HAD BEEN HANDED OVER TO THE FARM OPERATORS WHO HAD BEEN TRAINED BY CONSULTANT ON HOW TO USE THE FACILITIES.

THE

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