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Control of livestock waste at unbeding

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WRITTEN REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE

TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHAN YING-LUN

IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON WEDNESDAY 6 JULY 1988

12. MR. CHAN YING-LUN asked:

Question:

Question: In line with the banning of livestock keeping in the

urban areas, does Government intend also to control the disposal of animal waste brought into the urban areas by imported livestock at train and ship unloading stations, abattoirs and wholesale markets?

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SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:

sir,

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Abattoirs, markets and lairages are exempt from the

provisions of the Waste Disposal (Amendment) Ordinance which

controls the disposal of livestock waste. However, adequate

anti-pollution measures are taken by the relevant government

departments at these facilities.

Livestock waste is collected on a

daily basis and disposed of at landfills and incinerators.

न 2. z.

As regards livestock imported from China on the

Kowloon-Canton Railway, the wagons are not cleansed in Hong Kong

but are sent back the same day for cleansing in China. It is the

intention that the unloading of live pigs now taking place at Homantin will be transferred to the new Sheung Shui abattoir by

Ha|cap Hdmarks in

1990, thus removing the need for the pigs to be brought into the

urban area.