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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1990.

FINAL REPORT ON LIVESTOCK WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEMS

THE FINAL REPORT OF THE CONSULTANCY PROJECT ON "DEMONSTRATION WASTE TREATMENT PLANTS AT LIVESTOCK FARMS" HAS BEEN ISSUED TO MEMBERS OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE DISPOSAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE CONSULTATION TODAY (FRIDAY).

COPIES OF THE REPORT HAVE ALSO BEEN DISTRIBUTED ΤΟ

MEMBERS.

FOR

OMKLCO

THE CONSULTATION WILL LAST FOR TWO MONTHS UNTIL THE

END OF

DECEMBER.

THE PROJECT WAS UNDERTAKEN BY CONSULTANTS AND INCLUDED SETTING UP OF LIVESTOCK WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEMS IN NINE PRIVATE FARMS.

THE

SELECTED

CONSULTANT CONCLUDED THAT ALL

THE

IN THE FINAL REPORT, THE DEMONSTRATION WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEMS SHOULD BE TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE.

CHANNEL MATTERS

:

THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE IS A FORMAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY AND THE GOVERNMENT ON CONCERNING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL SCHEME.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE

COPIES OF THE FINAL REPORT WILL BE AVAILABLE AT HEADQUARTERS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT ON 24TH FLOOR, SOUTHORN CENTRE, 130 HENESSY ROAD, WAN CHAI TOMORROW (SATURDAY).

CENSUS TO TAKE PLACE NEXT MARCH

* * *

HAS

DIRECTED

THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL

UNDER THE CENSUS STATISTICS (1991 POPULATION CENSUS) ORDER 1990 PUBLISHED IN GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY), THAT A CENSUS OF POPULATION WILL BE TAKEN HONG KONG FROM MARCH 15 TO 24 NEXT YEAR.

AND

THE

FOR

"THE PURPOSE OF THE CENSUS IS ΤΟ OBTAIN INFORMATION ON DEMOGRAPHIC, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION HONG KONG AT THE TIME THE CENSUS IS TAKEN," A SPOKESMAN FOR CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID.

THE

IN

THE

/THE SPOKESMAN