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FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1976
STRICTER CONTROLS TO BE IMPOSED ON
IMPORTED MEAT AND POULTRY ******
AMENDMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE TO TIGHTEN UP THE CONTROL OVER IMPORTED MEAT AND IMPORTED POULTRY.
THE AMENDMENTS WILL REINFORCE THE POWERS OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S HEALTH INSPECTORATE TO SEIZE ANY SUCH FOOD WHICH APPEARS TO THEM TO BE UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
UNDER THE AMENDMENTS, IMPORTERS OF FOOD LINES WHICH MAY REQUIRE A SPECIAL PROCEDURE FOR EXAMINATION MUST ALSO PROVIDE ALL SUCH FACILITIES FOR SUCH AN EXAMINATION TO BE MADE.
ANOTHER AMENDMENT WILL ADD DISTILLED WATER AND WATER FROM NATURAL SPRINGS TO THE DEFINITION OF +DRINK,+ AND SO BRINGS DISTILLED WATER AND MINERAL WATER UNDER THE REGULATIONS NOW CONTROLLING OTHER TYPES OF DRINKS SUCH AS SOFT DRINKS.
+THESE CHANGES ARE BEING MADE TO ENSURE THE CONTINUED GOOD QUALITY OF MEAT AND POULTRY IMPORTED INTO HONG KONG + SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY.
THE AMENDMENTS ARE CONTAINED IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1976, WHICH IS PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. THE AMENDMENTS ARE SCHEDULED TO GO INTO FORCE IN TWO MONTHS. THUS ALLOWING ADEQUATE TIME FOR MEAT AND POULTRY IMPORTERS TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE REVISED REGULATIONS.
GOVERNOR TO ATTEND SCOUT RALLY *****
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL TAKE THE SALUTE AT THE ANNUAL ST. GEORGE'S DAY SCOUT RALLY TO BE HELD AT THE MONGKOK STADIUM TOMORROW (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON.
IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE CHIEF SCOUT OF HONG KONG, THE GOVERNOR WILL ALSO PRESENT AWARDS TO 21 LAY OFFICIALS AND 9 SCOUTERS IN APPRECIATION OF THEIR OUTSTANDING SERVICES RENDERED TO SCOUTING.
AMONG THE RECIPIENTS WILL BE SIR KENNETH PING-FAN FUNG AND MR. CHAU CHAM-SON, WHO WILL BE PRESENTED WITH THE SILVER ACORN, ONE OF THE HIGHEST AWARDS IN BRITISH SCOUTING.
THE ANNUAL RALLY, WHICH WILL BE ATTENDED BY SOME 8,000 SCOUTS FROM ALL PARTS OF HONG KONG, WILL ALSO FEATURE A GRAND HOWL BY CUB SCOUTS AND MARCH PAST COMPOSED OF THE ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS, THE THREE REGIONS AND THE 31 DISTRICTS.
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