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TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1989

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NEW PROCEDURES ON EX-GRATIA PAYMENTS

THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HAS

PAYMENT UP THE

HAD

PROCEDURES ΤΟ SPEED

WHO LIVESTOCK FARMERS LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME.

THE NEW

OPERATION

ADOPTED NEW ΤΟ ALLOWANCES

UNDER THE

OF EX-GRATIA

CEASE

TO DECIDED

WERE PROCEDURES

IMPLEMENTED

FOLLOWING

FURTHER COMMITTEE

CONSULTATION WITH THE LIVESTOCK WASTE DISPOSAL CONSULTATIVE ON APRIL 25 THIS YEAR.

ALLOWANCES UNDER THE NEW PROCEDURES, 100 PER CENT OF EX-GRATIA

BUSINESS IS TO BE PAID TO ELIGIBLE FARMERS WHO HAVE COMPLETELY CEASED

LIVESTOCK KEEPING AND RELATED REGARDLESS OF THE LAND STATUS OF THE STRUCTURES, AND WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT FOR LAND STATUS CHECKS.

LIVESTOCK

ΤΟ AVAILABLE IN NORMAL CASES, THE PAYMENT WOULD BE FARMERS ABOUT EIGHT TO 11 WEEKS AFTER CESSATION OF BUSINESS.

EXISTING POLICY THAT LIVESTOCK STRUCTURES LAND WILL BE GOVERNMENT

AFTER DEMOLISHED

OF PAYMENT ALLOWANCES WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.

HOWEVER, THE

SAID THE FIRST

ON

EX-GRATIA

AN EPD SPOKESMAN

CHEQUE FOR 100 PER CENT PAYMENT WAS ISSUED TO A FARMER IN THE TAI PO CONTROL AREA ON APRIL 25,

COMMITTEE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LIVESTOCK WASTE DISPOSAL CONSULTATIVE MEETING.

FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF

THE REVISED

PROCEDURES IN MAKING EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE PAYMENT TO STAGE TWO CONTROL AREAS, A TOTAL OF 17

COLLECTED, CHEQUES HAVE BEEN

19

ARE CHEQUES

WHILE ANOTHER 200 CASES ARE BEING PROCESSED.

AWAITING COLLECTION,

ANNUAL PLACEMENT SERVICE FOR PRIMARY TEACHERS

BE ASSIST A NEW

THE PLACEMENT SERVICE UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL IN OPERATION AGAIN ON MONDAY MAY 15) AS AN ANNUAL EXERCISE TO то FIND ELIGIBLE REDUNDANT TEACHERS IN AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS TEACHING POST.

OF

THE AIM

HELPING ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT

SCHOOL AGE AND

THE ANNUAL EXERCISE STARTED IN 1975 WITH REDUNDANT TEACHERS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO SEEK AS A RESULT OF THE DROP IN POPULATION OF PRIMARY SHIFT OF POPULATION FROM THE URBAN AREAS TO NEW TOWNS.

THE UNIT HAS HELPED SOME 5,270 TEACHERS TO TEACHING POSTS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

SECURE

A

ALTERNATIVE

"WE WILL