Livestock Waste Information System

Yuen Long East District

Kam Tin River : Ma On Kong section

There are 11 pig farms and 4 chicken farms located in the Ma On Kong area with a total stocking of around 15,000 pigs and 83,000 chickens. Ma On Kong is sited in a valley with a stream cutting across it. Water is pristine upstream of the farms, but picked up significant pollution loadings as it passes through Ma On Kong, resulting in an abhorrent polluted stream. In addition, wind picks up air nuisances uphill from the valley and invites complaints from passengers using the Tai Lam Tunnel.

Since 2001, there were 10 convictions against the farms in this river section under the Waste Disposal Ordinance and the Waste Disposal (Livestock Waste) Regulations. In the Year 2006, 1 complaint was received and 97 inspections were conducted to these farms.

Please click here for details of the locations and conditions of the upstream and downstream sampling points at this section of the Kam Tin River.