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WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1991

THE DEPARTI ENT HAD ALSO

DEVELOPED A VARIETY OF CONTINGENCY STRATEGIES TO MI A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, SUCH AS RAILWAY BREAKDOWNS AND TUNNEL CLOSURES, AND WAS NOW REFINING THEM.

"BECAUSE

·

THE

CIRCUMSTANCES OF

TRANSPORT EMERGENCIES ARE COMPLEX, VARIED AND RAPIDLY CHANGING, THESE PLANS ARE MEANT ΤΟ PROVIDE ONLY THE BROAD FRAMEWORK FOR AN IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.

"DECISIONS AS то THE EXACT CONTINGENCY MEASURES IMPLEMENTED ON THE SPOT WILL HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF EACH PARTICULAR INCIDENT, HE SAID.

"I

BE

ΤΟ LIGHT OF

0

LICENSING SYSTEM FOR EFFECTIVE CONTROL ON POLLUTION

THE PROPOSED LIVESTOCK KEEPING LICENSING SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE MORE EFFECTIVE CONTROL ON POLLUTION CAUSED BY INDISCRIMINATE DISCHARGE OF LIVESTOCK WASTES TO THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS ALLOW FOR A SYSTEMATIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE LIVESTOCK KEEPING INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG, MORE

THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, THE HON. BARNES, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

GRAHAM

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. ANDREW WONG, MR. BARNES SAID THE PROPOSED LICENSING SYSTEM WOULD CONTAIN CONDITIONS WHICH THE LICENSEE TO OBSERVE ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ANIMALS AND

REQUIRED

ORDINANCE, THE WASTE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE, AND THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE,

THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES WOULD BE LICENSING AUTHORITY, HE SAID.

IS

"THE

BIRDS

THE

WHICH

OF

DIRECTOR

LICENCE WOULD BE ISSUED TO ANY PIG OR POULTRY FARM EQUIPPED WITH A WASTE DISPOSAL METHOD ACCEPTABLE UNDER A CODE PRACTICE OR CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN A CERTIFICATE ISSUED BY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION," HE SAID.

THE

"METHODS INVOLVING DISCHARGES WOULD REQUIRE TWO LICENCES: LIVESTOCK KEEPING LICENCE AND A DISCHARGE LICENCE UNDER THE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE, MR. BARNES SAID.

"FARMS OPERATING WITHOUT A PROPER SYSTEM COULD BE PROSECUTED FOR OPERATING WITHOUT A LICENCE AND PERSISTENT BREACHES OF THE LICENSING CONDITIONS WOULD RESULT IN CANCELLATION OF THE LICENCE,' SAID.

HE

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MR. BARNES POINTED OUT THAT LIVESTOCK KEEPING HAD FOR MANY YEARS BEEN ONE OF THE MAIN SOURCES OF POLLUTION OF THE BEACHES AND STREAMS OF THE TERRITORY, BUT UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO, LITTLE WAS OFFICIALLY EITHER TO DISCOURAGE THE POLLUTING DISCHARGE OF WASTE OR TO DONE

ENCOURAGE WASTE TREATMENT TO DISCHARGES FROM LIVESTOCK FARMS.

/IN 1988