SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1983
JOINT STATEMENT BY VISITING MPS
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THE FOLLOWING IS A JOINT STATEMENT BY THE TWO VISITING BRITISH MPS MR MARK CARISLE AND MR TONY DURANT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD IN THE GIS THEATRE TODAY (SATURDAY).
+I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING HOW MUCH WE HAVE BOTH ENJOYED OUR VISIT TO HONG KONG. AS YOU KNOW WE CAME HERE ON A FACT FINDING VISIT. I EXPECT THAT YOU MAY HAVE SEEN DETAILS OF OUR PROGRAMME AND YOU WILL SEE THAT DURING THE WEEK WE HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE AND ADMINISTRATION IN HONG KONG. WE ARE PARTICULARLY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO GAVE UP THEIR TIME TO SEE US.
+AS A RESULT WE WILL RETURN TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WITH A FAR GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF HONG KONG AND WE CERTAINLY
INTEND TO MAKE USE OF THAT KNOWLEDGE AND TO PASS ON OUR FIRST HAND IMPRESSIONS TO OUR COLLEAGUES IN PARLIAMENT,
+WE HAVE LEARNED OF THE ENORMOUS STRENGTH OF THE HONG KONG ECONOMY AND HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE OBVIOUS OPTIMISM THAT EXISTS AMONG MANUFACTURERS AS EVIDENCED BY WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE RAPIDLY IMPROVING STATE OF THEIR ORDER BOOKS, AND THE INCREASING VOLUMNE OF EXPORT TRADE.
+WE HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST FOR INCREASING BRITISH TRADE AND WE WILL CERTAINLY BE TAKING THAT MESSAGE BACK TO THE UNITED KINGDOM.
+WE HAVE SEEN FOR OURSELVES THE SPEED OF DEVELOPMENT WHICH HAS TAKEN PLACE AND THE REMARKABLE WAY IN WHICH HONG KONG HAS COPED WITH THE TREMENDOUS INCREASE IN POPULATION OVER RECENT YEARS.
+ABOVE ALL WE HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF GOODWILL THAT EXISTS TOWARDS THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WE HAVE BEEN MADE VERY MUCH AWARE OF BRITAIN'S RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS HONG KONG AND ITS PEOPLE.
+FOR BOTH OF US THIS HAS BEEN A MEMORABLE FIRST VISIT AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN AGAIN.+
BUY FRESH MEAT FROM MARKET STALLS ONLY
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NEW TERRITORIES RESIDENTS WERE TODAY URGED TO BUY PORK MEAT FROM PROPER MARKET STALLS AND NOT FROM THOSE WITH MEAT SUPPLIED BY ILLEGAL SLAUGHTERHOUSES AS THEY MIGHT LEAD TO HEALTH HAZARD.
IN ISSUING THE APPEAL TODAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID THE PORK SOLD BY UNLICENSED ON-STREET HAWKERS MIGHT BE UNSUITABLE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
TO ENSURE THAT MEAT PRODUCED BY LICENSED SLAUGHTERHOUSES IS FREE OF DISEASE, AND HYGIENICALLY PREPARED, EACH PIG CARCASS IS EXAMINED BY HEALTH INSPECTORS OF THE NTSD WHO ARE SPECIALLY TRAINED IN MEAT INSPECTION BEFORE THE MEAT IS PASSED FOR SALE, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
/HE SAID