PIG-WASTE POLLUTION LEVY

Parliament of Singapore · 16 March 1981 · 5th Parliament

Official Report, 16 March 1981, Vol 40, Issue 7 · Open in the reader (summaries, search, filters)

Ng Kah TingTeh Cheang Wan
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Mr Ng Kah Ting asked the Minister for National Development how much has been collected since the imposition of the levy of $10 per pig slaughtered and for what use is such levy intended.

Mr Teh Cheang Wan: Mr Speaker, Sir, the pig-waste pollution levy was imposed with effect from 1st January 1980. By the end of February 1981, a sum of $10.7 million has been collected. This money will be used for the development and construction of treatment plants to treat piggery waste.

Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 16 March 1981. Republished on SGParliament.