FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1991
A HEALTH POLLUTIO Arz
"THESE WATERCOURSES, IN THEIR PRESENT CONDITION, ARE RISK. THE LIVESTOCK KEEPING METHODS WHICH PRODUCE THIS OUT-DATED AND INCOMPATIBLE WITH MODERN STANDARDS OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY.
NEED
LIVESTOCK OF
FARMERS THE HE SAID PRODUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY ANIMALS IN HONG KONG'S WAS WELL UNDERSTOOD.
TO CONTINUE THEIR CROWDED CONDITIONS
THIS COULD ONLY BE ACHIEVED BY THE
OF USE
HEALTHY
HUSBANDRY
METHODS.
HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT ACCEPTED THAT THERE WAS A FOR AN IMPROVED LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION WITH FARMERS.
GROWING NEED
NEED "THESE FARMERS ARE ECONOMICALLY VALUABLE TO HONG KONG AND
SO THAT THEY ARE TO BE ENCOURAGED TO UPGRADE THEIR FARMING METHODS
DR HASE SAID. ABLE TO SECURE FOR THEMSELVES A FIRM FUTURE HERE,
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FOR THESE REASONS, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSED
THAT ALL LIVESTOCK KEEPERS BE LICENSED.
то REQUIRE
"LICENCES WOULD REQUIRE LIVESTOCK FARMERS TO USE NON-POLLUTING, BEALTHY LIVESTOCK KEEPING METHODS."
THE
DIRECTOR
OF AGRICULTURE
LICENSING AUTHORITY AND LICENCES WOULD BE ISSUED COULD MEET THE LICENSING CONDITIONS.
FISHERIES AND
BE WOULD ΤΟ ANY FARM WHICH
THE
POLLUTION
SATISFACTORY SCHEME
CAUSED
BY
IN ADDITION,
LEGISLATIVE
CONTROLS
LIVESTOCK KEEPING HAD BEEN REVIEWED, AND A OF CONTROL IDENTIFIED.
ON MORE
IT IS IMPLEMENTED,
ΤΟ CHANGES
THE
TO ENABLE THIS PACKAGE OF PROPOSALS TO BE
TO PROPOSE LEGISLATIVE THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN DUE COURSE.
HUSBANDRY
THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNISED THAT, TO CONVERT TO MODERN PRACTICES FROM THE EXISTING OUT-OF-DATE METHODS WOULD COST A GOOD DEAL OF MONEY.
TO ASSIST FARMERS TO
סיוי
ADOPT NON-POLLUTING
HUSBANDRY
METHODS,
ITS METRE
THE GOVERNMENT HAD AGREED TO INCREASE THE CAPITAL GRANT (A FREE
FROM SYSTEMS) HUSBANDRY TO FARMERS
NON-POLLUTING INSTALL PREVIOUS LEVEL OF ABOUT $48 PER SQUARE METRE TO $120 PER SQUARE FOR PIG AND CHICKEN FARMS.
A GOVERNMENT-FUNDED LOW-INTEREST LOAN
WAS ALSO AVAILABLE
ΤΟ
FARMERS.
FARMERS WHO PREFERRED TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS WOULD ALSO BE GIVEN CASH ASSISTANCE.
IN THE MEANTIME, WIDE PUBLIC CONSULTATION WOULD FARMERS AND VARIOUS BODIES CONCERNED TO ALLOW THEM AN GIVE THEIR VIEWS.
BE HELD WITH OPPORTUNITY
TO
/THEIR VIEWS
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