SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1974
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RICE IMPORT QUOTA FOR THIRD QUARTER
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THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY
THAT THE RICE IMPORT QUOTA FOR THE 3RD QUARTER OF 1974 HAD BEEN FIXED AT 67,500 METRIC TONS.
COMMENTING ON THIS, A SPOKESMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT RICE STOCKS AT PRESENT AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY 92,000 METRIC TONS.
+THE QUOTA IS LOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS QUARTER. THIS IS NECESSARY TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE RELATIVELY LARGE STOCKS IN HAND AND THE IMPROVING INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY POSITION.+
HE ADDED THAT RICE CONSUMPTION IS USUALLY LOWER THAN AVERAGE IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE YEAR BECAUSE OF THE WARM WEATHER.
BETWEEN JANUARY AND JUNE 11 OF THIS YEAR, HONG KONG HAD IMPORTED A TOTAL OF 160, 157 METRIC TONS OF RICE.
OF THIS AMOUNT, THAILAND SUPPLIED 45.9 PER CENT AND CHINA ABOUT 44.3 PER CENT: THE BALANCE CAME FROM THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA AND PAKISTAN.
CONSUMPTION IS ON AVERAGE ABOUT. 1,000 METRIC TONS PER DAY.
FIRST PHASE OF ANTI-MEASLES CAMPAIGN ENDED
WITH OVER 24,000 CHILDREN (AHUNĮ SED
THE FIRST PHASE OF THIS YEAR'S MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S ANTI-MEASLES CAMPAIGN BEGINNING ON FEBRUARY 18 ENDED AT THE END OF MAY WITH 24,752 CHILDREN IMMUNISED.
OF THESE, 6, 107 WERE INOCULATED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 11,544 IN KOWLOON, AND 7,101 IN THE NEW TERRITJRIES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE CAMPAIGN HAD BEEN INTENDED TO REMIND THE PUBLIC OF THE NECESSITY TO CONTINUE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES AGAINST THE DISEASE.
TWO FURTHER ANTI-MEASLES CAMPAIGNS WOULD BE CARRIED OUT LATER THIS YEAR, BUT THE SPOKESMAN REPEATED THAT FREE VACCINE WAS AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AT ALL THE DEPARTMENT 'S MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON, AND THE NEW TERRITORIES.
HE URGED PARENTS OF SUSCEPTIBLE CHILDREN BETWEEN SIX MONTHS AND FIVE YEARS TO HAVE THEM ĮMMUNISED IMMEDIATELY.
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