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If Zaibao infected birds to the compulsory licensing
http://www.wenweipo.com [2008-06-28]
■ the end of the Legislative Council yesterday, the New Territories Chicken Breeders Association chairman Dr whole (left) immediately rushed out of the venue, Dr York Chow to express their dissatisfaction. Panda, this reporter perturbation
[-] (See the Xinhua) in Hong Kong poultry industry has repeatedly bargaining, the Government proposed to the live poultry wholesalers additional pay-per 20 to 250,000 yuan in damages, also attract them to close down unlicensed. The Secretary for Health and Food York Chow stressed yesterday, slightly higher than the 1 billion compensation package for the full range of passing up no space, and impose "hard power", warning reluctant to pay licensing, to stay in business for the industry, once the event of outbreak Avian influenza, the Government will be forced to licensing, the industry will not be generous compensation.
Council documents revealed that the government finally threw out the closure of a slight increase in the amount of compensation to more than 10 billion yuan, in addition to previously announced live chickens from the retail trade was "overweight" nearly 100 million yuan, the live poultry wholesalers to obtain an additional payment of From 200,000 to 250,000 yuan funds, to make ex-gratia payment of 1.36 to 5.3 million yuan; transport the monthly parking vehicles, each vehicle of ex-gratia payment from 150,000 to 170,000 yuan. However, chicken farmers are still maintaining the original proposal, has not been any increase in compensation.
That the new proposal is no longer room for upward adjustment
Legislative Council Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene Committee yesterday held a special meeting, Dr Chow said that the authorities will be on July 4 to the Legislative Council Finance Committee for funding, "the amount of compensation is 04/05 in the voluntary surrender of the licence three times, Executive Council set up to the ceiling, so there is no room for upward adjustment. "
Dr Chow said that if less than 90% leave the choice of retailers, the authorities have to consider whether to maintain compensation package. He said that if the industry does not accept the compensation amount should continue to operate, they will have to bear in future outbreaks of avian flu risks, then the Government will not only forced to licensing, will not mention any ex-gratia payment or financial assistance, only compensation for each Beizai Chickens up to 30 yuan.
Expected 80 percent wholesale and retail money dispersal
Hong Kong Poultry Wholesalers and Retailers Association Chairman Huang Weiquan at the meeting said that "day-" under no living space industry, asked the Government to further enhance 3-5 as the amount of compensation. He will then added, it is estimated that 80% of the industry is willing to "leave the money" will be held tonight Advisory General Assembly vote, "said the Government would certainly not have a lot of 'compensation', but I believe that the Government will increase the amount of compensation . "
However, there were "overweight" preferential treatment of the poultry industry criticized the decision of the Government, the New Territories Chicken Breeders Association president Dr Philip said that: "the chicken farm life for 'day-', is inhumane, it is Shameful. "Hong Kong Poultry Wholesalers Association, president of Mission Xu said that even if only chicken stalls in the next stall business, he will continue to adhere to in the end, most worried about is the closure of the retail industry, the number of arrears wholesalers on the street" to freeze the water. "
Members of the Legislative Council Agriculture and Fisheries Wong Yung-kan suggested that given to chicken farmers in transition, approved production of live chickens from the chicken farmers to provide one-stop services to the retail. However, the Director Mr Cheuk responded that the government is recycling the market fresh provision shop licences, if permitted to do retail chicken farmers will have to the relevant licence, confusion, small farms will become the plant, the authorities should amend the law, there are difficulties .
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http://www.wenweipo.com [2008-06-28]
■ the end of the Legislative Council yesterday, the New Territories Chicken Breeders Association chairman Dr whole (left) immediately rushed out of the venue, Dr York Chow to express their dissatisfaction. Panda, this reporter perturbation
[-] (See the Xinhua) in Hong Kong poultry industry has repeatedly bargaining, the Government proposed to the live poultry wholesalers additional pay-per 20 to 250,000 yuan in damages, also attract them to close down unlicensed. The Secretary for Health and Food York Chow stressed yesterday, slightly higher than the 1 billion compensation package for the full range of passing up no space, and impose "hard power", warning reluctant to pay licensing, to stay in business for the industry, once the event of outbreak Avian influenza, the Government will be forced to licensing, the industry will not be generous compensation.
Council documents revealed that the government finally threw out the closure of a slight increase in the amount of compensation to more than 10 billion yuan, in addition to previously announced live chickens from the retail trade was "overweight" nearly 100 million yuan, the live poultry wholesalers to obtain an additional payment of From 200,000 to 250,000 yuan funds, to make ex-gratia payment of 1.36 to 5.3 million yuan; transport the monthly parking vehicles, each vehicle of ex-gratia payment from 150,000 to 170,000 yuan. However, chicken farmers are still maintaining the original proposal, has not been any increase in compensation.
That the new proposal is no longer room for upward adjustment
Legislative Council Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene Committee yesterday held a special meeting, Dr Chow said that the authorities will be on July 4 to the Legislative Council Finance Committee for funding, "the amount of compensation is 04/05 in the voluntary surrender of the licence three times, Executive Council set up to the ceiling, so there is no room for upward adjustment. "
Dr Chow said that if less than 90% leave the choice of retailers, the authorities have to consider whether to maintain compensation package. He said that if the industry does not accept the compensation amount should continue to operate, they will have to bear in future outbreaks of avian flu risks, then the Government will not only forced to licensing, will not mention any ex-gratia payment or financial assistance, only compensation for each Beizai Chickens up to 30 yuan.
Expected 80 percent wholesale and retail money dispersal
Hong Kong Poultry Wholesalers and Retailers Association Chairman Huang Weiquan at the meeting said that "day-" under no living space industry, asked the Government to further enhance 3-5 as the amount of compensation. He will then added, it is estimated that 80% of the industry is willing to "leave the money" will be held tonight Advisory General Assembly vote, "said the Government would certainly not have a lot of 'compensation', but I believe that the Government will increase the amount of compensation . "
However, there were "overweight" preferential treatment of the poultry industry criticized the decision of the Government, the New Territories Chicken Breeders Association president Dr Philip said that: "the chicken farm life for 'day-', is inhumane, it is Shameful. "Hong Kong Poultry Wholesalers Association, president of Mission Xu said that even if only chicken stalls in the next stall business, he will continue to adhere to in the end, most worried about is the closure of the retail industry, the number of arrears wholesalers on the street" to freeze the water. "
Members of the Legislative Council Agriculture and Fisheries Wong Yung-kan suggested that given to chicken farmers in transition, approved production of live chickens from the chicken farmers to provide one-stop services to the retail. However, the Director Mr Cheuk responded that the government is recycling the market fresh provision shop licences, if permitted to do retail chicken farmers will have to the relevant licence, confusion, small farms will become the plant, the authorities should amend the law, there are difficulties .
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