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MONDAY, JULY 7, 1980
COPIES OF THE GREEN PAPER IN CHINESE AND ENGLISH CAN BE COLLECTED FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, CITY DISTRICT OFFICES AND DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
AS THE GREEN PAPER IS A FAIRLY LENGTHY DOCUMENT, A SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSALS HAS BEEN PREPARED AND COPIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AT THESE LOCATIONS.
CONDEMNATION RATE SHOWS INSPECTION STANDARDS MAINTAINED
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THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT 223 779 PIGS AND 15 686 CATTLE WERE SLAUGHTERED AT THE TWO ABATTOIRS LAST (JUNE) MONTH.
A TOTAL OF 1 089 PIGS AND 42 CATTLE (WHICH REPRESENT 0.517 PER CENT AND 0.27 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY OF THE TOTAL SLAUGHTERED) WERE CONDEMNED AS BEING UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION,
THE COMPARATIVE FIGURES FOR JUNE 1979 WERE 241 379 PIGS SLAUGHTERED WITH 1 225 (0.508 PER CENT) BEING CONDEMNED AND 16 297 CATTLE SLAUGHTERED WITH 34 (0.209 PER CENT) BEING CONDEMNED.
THE AVERAGE RATE OF CONDEMNATION OF PIGS CONSIDERED UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION DURING 1979 WAS 0.479 PER CENT AND FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY TO MAY 1980 IT WAS 0.507 PER CENT.
+THESE FIGURES BEAR OUT THE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT AT NO TIME HAS THE STANDARD OF INSPECTION OF MEAT SUPPLIED TO THE PUBLIC BEEN ALLOWED TO DROP, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.
EMPLOYERS URGED TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT FOR DISABLED
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LOCAL EMPLOYERS WERE URGED TODAY (MONDAY) TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF THE GOVERNMENT BY PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT FOR THE DISABLED AND MAKING USE OF THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT'S NEW SELECTIVE PLACEMENT SERVICE.
THE PLEA WAS MADE BY AN UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, DR HO KAM-FAI, AT THE OPENING OF THE SERVICE AT NEW RODNEY BLOCK, WAN CHAI.
HE SAID THE NUMBER OF DISABLED EMPLOYEES IN THE CIVIL SERVICE HAD GROWN FROM 135 TO 683 OVER THE PAST 13 YEARS. THE MAJORITY WERE NOW EMPLOYED IN A VARIETY OF JOBS.
DR HO STRESSED THAT A DISABLED PERSON, GIVEN THE RIGHT JOB, COULD DO IT JUST AS WELL AS AN ABLE-BODIED WORKER.
/GIVEN THE