Home>News Center>China
       
 

HK officials enforce poultry ban
By Teddy Ng (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-02-14 06:09

HONG KONG: Officials yesterday fanned around rural areas to enforce a ban on raising poultry as the special administrative region tries to prevent bird flu from taking hold.

Hong Kong's legislature last week passed an emergency law banning backyard poultry farming after six wild birds and two chickens were killed in the past three weeks.

Officials have also warned that poultry would be culled without any warning should another case of bird flu emerge.

Residents raising poultry face prosecution and a maximum fine of HK$100,000 (US$12,900) unless they have a licence to raise them as pets.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) assistant director Liu Kwei-kin said the 200-member inspection team seized 82 poultry from 12 households, including 71 chickens, nine geese and two ducks.

Liu said the first day's operation was smooth, and only one of the 12 households resisted before handing over the poultry.

Liu expects his staff to inspect 750 villages and 300 urban squatter villages in four to six weeks.

Some villagers said they were saddened by the legislation.

Ma Chung, a 72-year-old Au Ha Village residen who has been raising three chickens for five years, says he will not apply for a licence to keep them as pets as it would cost him HK$10,000 (US$1,290) a year.

"I am only a small farmer. I cannot afford so much for the licence fee," he said.

Ma said he had already cooked three chickens on Sunday, but he and his wife found it too "heartbreaking" to eat them. "I don't want to lose them. The chickens are already part of my life. Life without my pets will be boring," he said.

A Man Uk Pin Village resident, Lau Sau-fung, who keeps two chickens and seven geese, shared Ma's feeling.

With tears in her eyes, she said she used to donate the money from selling eggs to charity groups.

Lau said she bathed her geese and fed the chickens yesterday morning before AFCD officials took them away.

(China Daily 02/14/2006 page1)



Valentine's Day
Hu meets with Togo president
Valentine's Day
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

Top planner: Oil refinery capacity 'must rise'

 

   
 

Chemical spills into river in Shaanxi

 

   
 

Saddam lashes out at Bush, judge in court

 

   
 

CPC vows harsher crackdown on corruption

 

   
 

HK officials enforce poultry ban

 

   
 

On a day for love, it is a matter of dates

 

   
  China intends to push for GM crop studies
   
  China bans piracy in entertainment places
   
  Japanese FM: Relations with China will improve
   
  Co-operation pact signed with Togo
   
  Migrant workers see higher wages
   
  Farmers enjoy foreign fruits of labour
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 欧美日韩国产另类在线观看| 色婷婷久久综合中文久久蜜桃| 天堂…在线最新版资源| 中文无遮挡h肉视频在线观看| 最近免费中文字幕大全高清10| 亚洲欧美日韩综合久久久| 看**视频一级毛片| 又黄又爽又色的视频| 非常h很黄的变身文| 国产欧美日韩一区二区加勒比| 777成了人乱视频| 大陆一级毛片免费视频观看i| 一级一级特黄女人精品毛片| 无翼少无翼恶女漫画全彩app| 久久综合九色综合精品| 欧美亚洲国产片在线播放| 亚洲理论片在线中文字幕| 猫咪AV成人永久网站在线观看| 午夜免费福利视频| 老司机午夜在线视频免费| 国产乱子伦农村叉叉叉| 黄网在线免费看| 国产漂亮白嫩美女在线观看| 2018天天操天天干| 国产调教在线观看| 99久久免费国产精精品| 女人与公拘交的视频www| 一级一级人与动毛片| 成人午夜在线视频| 中文字幕亚洲一区二区三区| 日日噜噜夜夜狠狠va视频| 久久国产乱子伦精品免费一| 日韩高清在线日韩大片观看网址| 亚洲一区欧美日韩| 欧美xxxxxxxxxx黑人| 亚洲午夜精品久久久久久人妖 | 亚洲国产精品成人午夜在线观看 | 久久综合给合久久狠狠狠97色| 高级秘密俱乐部的娇妻| 国产欧美va欧美va香蕉在线 | 噼里啪啦动漫在线观看免费|