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FOOD HYGIENE COURSE FOR RESTAURATEURS IN TUEN MUN
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A FOUR-SESSION FOOD HYGIENE COURSE IS BEING HELD IN TUEN MUN FOR PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH RESTAURANT OPERATIONS IN THIS NEW TOWN.
THE COURSE, ARRANGED FREE OF CHARGE BY THE HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT, IS AIMED AT PROMOTING GENERAL HYGIENE IN FOOD PRODUCTION AT RESTAURANTS.
THE COURSE COVERS PREVENTION OF FOOD POISONING, PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIOLOGY AND OTHER ASPECTS OF FOOD HYGIENE AS WELL AS LOCAL BUSINESS LAWS.
AT THE END OF THE COURSE, PARTICIPANTS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF RESTAURANT SANITATION WITH HEALTH INSPECTORS.
SIMILAR COURSES WILL BE HELD IN OTHER DISTRICTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES NEXT YEAR.
SEVEN MODEL NEIGHBOURS GET AWARDS
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SEVEN CITIZENS WERE THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING GIVEN AWARDS FOR THE CARE AND CONCERN THEY SHOWED TO THEIR FELLOW NEIGHBOURS.
THE THREE MEN AND FOUR WOMEN WERE CHOSEN FROM 78 NOMINATIONS FOR THE MODEL NEIGHBOUR AWARD.
THEY COME FROM VILLAGES, TEMPORARY HOUSING AREAS, PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES, SQUATTER AREAS AND PRIVATE BUILDINGS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE URBAN DISTRICTS.
SPEAKING AT THE AWARD PRESENTATION CEREMONY, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES SAID THE MODEL NEIGHBOUR AWARD PROJECT HELPED STRENGTHEN THE AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD NEIGHBOURLINESS.
HE SAID THE MODEL NEIGHBOURS, ALONG WITH A LOT MORE OTHERS, HAD MADE THE COMMUNITY A MUCH BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN.
IN THIS DENSELY POPULATED CITY, ATMOSPHERE OF FRIENDLINESS, CONCERN AND CARE FOR NEIGHBOURS IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT TO BUILD A HARMONIOUS, HAPPY AND HEALTHY SOCIETY, HE SAID.
THE MODEL NEIGHBOUR AWARD PROJECT, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND, WAS INITIATED BY THE NEIGHBOURHOOD ADVICE-ACTION COUNCIL.
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