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WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1991

BANNING BUYING OUT WHERE LIVESTOCK DISPOSAL

A 1988, IN

SCHEME WAS ESTABLISHED WHICH INVOLVED LIVESTOCK KEEPERS WITH COMPENSATION FROM SOME AREAS AND THOSE WHO WISHED TO ABANDON IT VOLUNTARILY IN OTHERS. BREEDERS REMAINED THEY WERE OBLIGED TO COMPLY WITH THE WASTE ORDINANCE, HE SAID.

"THIS HAS RESULTED IN CONSIDERABLE NUMBERS OF PIG AND BREEDERS LEAVING THE INDUSTRY AND SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS QUALITY IN THE WATER CATCHMENTS AND BEACHES AFFECTED BY THEM.

POULTRY IN WATER

UNTIL ALL

"THIS POLICY WITH SOME MODIFICATION WILL CONTINUE AREAS OF THE TERRITORY HAVE BEEN BROUGHT WITHIN THE CONTROL NET.

"NEVERTHELESS, PIG AND POULTRY FARMING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE, THAT THERE AND IT IS IMPORTANT IN THE INTERESTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT SHOULD BE AN ADEQUATE SYSTEM OF CONTROL.

"THE GOVERNMENT FEELS THAT THIS CAN BEST BE DONE BY A LICENSING SYSTEM UNDER WHICH PROPER WASTE TREATMENT FACILITIES ARE REQUIRED CONSISTENTLY MONITORED, HE SAID.

AND

PROVISION OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES GIVEN HIGH PRIORITY

THERE IS

ENVIRONMENTAL

SECRETARY

AT THE WATER CONTROL FOR PLANNING,

STILL NOT ENOUGH SPECIALIST TECHNICAL STAFF

DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE PROTECTION

THE FAST AS WAS EARLIER PLANNED, AS ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

ZONES

HON

ΤΟ A

BY THE QUESTIONS IN A WRITTEN REPLY

PETER HONG-YUEN, MR BARNES SAID THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LEGISLATION AND PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL MUST GO HAND-IN-HAND,

FUNDS

HE

HOWEVER,

SAID, IT WAS NOT THE TIMING OF THE FOR SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES WHICH DETERMINED

IMPLEMENTING WATER CONTROL ZONES.

WONG

THE

PROVISION THE PACE OF

OF

STAFF

IN THE ESTIMATING

I'T RATHER,

WAS THE SUFFICIENCY OF ENFORCEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT AND THE DIFFICULTY IN HOW LONG EACH PROGRAMME OF ENFORCEMENT WOULD TAKE, MR BARNES SAID.

"ENFORCEMENT IS AN ACTIVITY THAT NEEDS A GREAT DEAL OF BECAUSE EVERY FACTORY MUST BE VISITED, SAMPLES MUST ANALYSED, AND ADVICE AND WARNINGS GIVEN.

LABOUR,

BE

TAKEN

AND

"THESE ARE ALL JOBS TECHNICAL STAFF, HE SAID.

THAT CAN BE

DONE ONLY

BY

SPECIALIST

/MR BARNES