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Chickens
Farms
Pigs
Farms
(Millions)
6.70
1360
554,950
4200
Partial surveys, informed guesswork and reference
to data on local production suggest that the
population is diminishing and that, certainly in
the case of pigs, the current population is less
than it was in 1979.
(ii)
Under the proposals to control pollution caused
by animal wastes, it is the intention that the
whole territory will be covered by the proposed
controls in three phases over a period of nine
Details of the proposed time-table are as
years.
follows:-
(a)
Phase 1 (Year 1 to Year 3)
livestock keeping would be banned on Hong
Kong Island and in Kowloon, New Kowloon,
Sha Tin, Tai Po, Fanling, Sheung Shui,
Tsuen Wan and Tuen Mun New Towns. In
addition, the storage and disposal of
animal waste in the following areas would
be closely controlled:-
/ (A).
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