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FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1994

APPLICANTS SHOULD ALSO GIVE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE PLAN OF USED. OTHER RELEVANT THE FARM AND WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM TO BE DOCUMENTS FOR THE APPLICANT AND HIS FARM SHOULD ALSO BE ATTACHED.

COULD

ON LIVESTOCK WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID FARMERS GUIDE PUBLISHED BY THE REFERENCE FROM THE CHOOSE OR MAKE

GUIDELINE ENVIRONMENTAL

DEPARTMENT (EPD). THE TECHNICAL PROTECTION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO FARMERS EARLY NEXT MONTH.

FOR THE AND

HE STRESSED THAT THE LICENSING SCHEME WAS NECESSARY REGULATION OF LIVESTOCK KEEPING IN THE LIVESTOCK WASTE CONTROL RESTRICTION AREAS.

19R,

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE SECOND PART OF PHASE LICENSING APPLICATION WHICH COVERS RESTRICTED AREAS 168, 18R, 21R, 23R, 24R AND 25R WILL BEGIN FROM JANUARY 1, 1995.

I'

FOR

FOR PHASE II OF THE LICENSING SCHEME WHICH COVERS AREAS

RIVER TIN YUEN LONG ENVIRONS, TUEN MUN ENVIRONS AND KAM APPLICATION

LIVESTOCK KEEPING LICENCES WILL BEGIN FROM

IN

AREAS, JULY 1.

1995.

THE FINAL PHASE WHICH COVERS THE REMAINING CONTROL AREAS BEGIN ON JULY 1, 1996.

FARMER

WILL

THE

MAPS,

FROM LARGE

CAN SCALE

IDENTIFY WHICH A

LAND LOCATION OF HIS FARM, ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE

WAN, KWUN REGISTRY AND EPD'S LOCAL CONTROL OFFICES IN TAI PO, TSUEN TONG AND WAN CHAI,

BIRDS)

HE REITERATED THAT UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH (ANINALS AND

OPERATING A (LICENSING OF LIVESTOCK KEEPING) REGULATION, ANY PERSON LIVESTOCK FARM WITHOUT A LICENCE WOULD BE LIABLE TO $50,000 FINE

THE DURING THE FIRST OFFENCE PLUS A DAILY FINE OF $1,000 PERIOD. THE FINE FOR SUBSEQUENT OFFENCE IS $100,000.

FOR OFFENCE

AVAILABLE

OFFICES AND

A PAMPHLET OUTLINING THE LICENSING PROCEDURE IS NOW FOR COLLECTION AT LOCAL OFFICES OF AFD AND AT DISTRICT LOCAL OFFICES OF BPD FROM EARLY JULY.

FURTHER ENQUIRIES ON LICENSING CAN BE DIRECTED TO LICENSING UNIT ON TEL 462 7422 OR 462 7443.

AFD'S FARM

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