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Voluntary surrender scheme for poultry farmers launched The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department announced today (August 5) that applications were open for people in the live poultry industry to end their operations voluntarily. A department spokesman said those eligible to apply for the voluntary surrender scheme included live poultry farmers, wholesalers and transporters. Successful applicants will have financial incentives as specified in the package approved by the Legislative Council Finance Committee on July 8, 2005. Under the approved package, ex-gratia payment will be given to the following groups in the poultry business:- 1. Live poultry farmers who voluntarily surrender their Livestock Keeping Licences and permanently stop rearing live poultry; 2. Live poultry wholesalers who voluntarily surrender their poultry stall tenancies at the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market and/or Western Wholesale Food Market and cease operation at these Wholesale Markets; and 3. Live poultry transporters who voluntarily surrender their monthly car park tenancies at these Wholesale Markets and cease operation of delivery of live poultry permanently and upgrade/convert their vehicles for other business operations. In addition, there will be a one-off grant to assist affected local workers and loans on an unsecured basis to live poultry transporters who cease operation of delivery of live poultry permanently and upgrade/convert their vehicles for other business operations. Applications for the scheme should reach the department within the next 12 months. For enquiries about ex-gratia payment to poultry farms and one-off grant to affected local farm workers, please call the department at 2462 7443. Enquiries about incentives to live poultry wholesalers/transporters and one-off grant to affected wholesale/transport workers can be made at 2745 4461, whereas loan enquiries at 2150 6703.
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