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SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1990

REVISED RATES OF EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE TO LIVESTOCK FARMERS

THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (SATURDAY) ANNOUNCED THE REVISED RATES EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE TO PIG AND POULTRY FARMERS AFFECTED BY LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME OR DEVELOPMENT CLEARANCE.

THE ANNUALLY REVISED RATES, EFFECTIVE FROM JANUARY 1, 1990 AS FOLLOWS:

TYPES OF LIVERSTOCK KEEPING STRUCTURE

RATES/BUILDING AREA

OF

THE

ARE

CHICKEN

LEGHORN

PIGEON

QUAIL

DUCK/GOOSE

PIG

PER CAPITA*

8/BIRD *

$/SQUARE METRE

27.96

414.80

45.41

489.40

34.00

453.30

3.42

367.71

20.15

338.60

457.60

PIG PENS ACCOMMODATING BREEDER PIGS AND WITH GESTATION AND FARROWING

CRATES

* ONLY APPLICABLE TO "BACKYARD" AND FREE RANGE POULTRY FARM IN WHICH THE NUMBER OF POULTRY IS SMALL AND CAN BE PRACTICALLY COUNTED, THAT IS LESS THAN 1,000.

YEAR-END CLEAN-UP BEGINS IN YAU TSIM

A YEAR-END CLEAN-UP DRIVE BEGAN IN YAU TSIM DISTRICT TODAY (SATURDAY) TO HELP RESIDENTS PROPERLY DISPOSE OF RUBBISH BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR.

TO SET AN EXAMPLE TO RESIDENTS, DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WONG HON- HO, DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR YIP WAH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT (KOWLOON), MR LAI MAN-CHI, AND MEMBERS OF THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN ORGANISING COMMITTEE TOOK PART IN A "KEEP CLEAN" EXERCISE AT THE MARKET STREET REFUSE COLLECTION POINT.

/A DECORATED