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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1991

"THERE IS THUS AN URGENT NEED TO IDENTIFY TREATMENT THAT IS BOTH ECONOMICAL AND PRACTICAL SCIENTIFICALLY EFFICIENT, HE SAID.

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THE OF

A MEANS OF WASTE ΤΟ THE FARMERS AND

AGRICULTURE

AND

FISHERIES

AND WAS

"THROUGH THE HARD WORK DEPARTMENT, THE PIG-ON-LITTER (POL) SYSTEM, WHICH OFFERS A VIABLE

AND DRY

WET MUCK OUT ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE TO THE DEVELOPED.

METHODS,

AND RESEARCH "THE SYSTEM ALSO AROUSES INTERESTS FROM ACADEMIC

THE MECHANISM WORKERS AND SOME WORK HAS BEEN CONDUCTED TO UNDERSTAND OF THE DEGRADATION OF WASTES IN SITU, THE PROPERTY AND QUALITY OF WASTES AND THEIR USEFUL RECYCLING."

THE

SYMPOSIUM

WILL FOCUS

ON

THE

THE

AND TECHNICAL

PRACTICAL

THIS AND COMPARE

WITH OTHER LIVESTOCK ASPECTS OF THE POL SYSTEM

WITH THE VIEW OF DEVISING WASTES TREATMENT AND RECYCLING METHODS, APPLICATION MODELS FOR THE ASIAN PIG FARMERS.

"WE FEEL THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNE TIME FOR US OUR COUNTERPARTS OUR FINDINGS AND EXPERIENCE IN THE PROF CHAN SAID. AND RECYCLING OF LIVESTOCK WASTES,

JOINTLY

F

ORGANISED

TO SHARE WITH PROPER TREATMENT

BY THE PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL

THE SYMPOSIUM IS FEDERATION OF HONG KONG SOCIETIES (JFHKAPMS) AND THE AFD.

HKU,

AND

THE JOINT MARKETING

FROM THE

THE

FOR

MORE THAN 80 DELEGATES, INCLUDING EXPERTS AND PEOPLE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY, FROM AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, THE U.S., JAPAN, UK, HOLLAND, SWITZERLAND, ITALY, TAIWAN AND CHINA HAVE REGISTERED PARTICIPATION.

LOCAL PARTICIPANTS

INCLUDE

AND

CITY

BIOCHEMISTS, BOTANISTS ZOOLOGISTS FROM HKU, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND THE

AS WELL

AFD

ENVIRONMENTAL POLYTECHNIC AS

OFFICERS FROM PROTECTION DEPARTMENT.

THE SYMPOSIUM WILL, SPREAD OVER MAY 13 TO 17.

AND

THE

A PERIOD OF FIVE DAYS FROM

OF

WHERE SESSIONS SCIENTIFIC THE PROGRAMME CONSISTS

LATEST TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS EXCHANGE THE

ITS IMPACTS ON THE TREATMENT AND RECYCLING OF PIG WASTES AND ASSESS

WHICH IS OPEN FREE ΤΟ THE INTEGRATED FARMING PLUS AN PUBLIC.

EXHIBITION

ON

IN ADDITION, TRAINING COURSES WILL BE ORGANISED FOR FARMERS

FROM PIG WASTE IN WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND THE USE OF COMPOST CROP PRODUCTION, HORTICULTURE AND LANDSCAPE GARDENING.

A FIELD EXCURSION TO

SEE

LOCAL THE

WILL ALSO BE ARRANGED.

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES

CHAIRMAN

OF

ALSO PRESENT AT TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE WERE THE

THE JFHKAPMS, MR CHAN KWOK-WAI, AND AFD'S SENIOR AGRICULTURAL OFFICER, MISS VERA SO.

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