SUNDAY, MY 19, 1935
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VILLAGERS WARNED ON ILLEGAL SLAUGHTER ING
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THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AGAIN WARNED NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGERS INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL SLAUGHTERING TO STOP IMMEDIATELY, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD BE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN ALSO ADVISED MEAT SHOP OPERATORS AGAINST POSSESSING UNCERTIFIED MEAT FOR SALE AS IT WAS AN OFFENCE.
THE WARNING CAME AFTER SEVEN OFFENDERS IN YUEN LONG AND SAI KUNG DISTRICTS WERE FINED A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $13 800 FOR RELATED OFFENCES DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR OPERATING AN UNLICENSED SLAUGHTERHOUSE WAS $10 000 WHILE THAT FOR POSSESSING UNCERTIFIED MEAT FOR SALE WAS $2 000,
HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT WOULD CARRY OUT REGULAR RAIDS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TO STAMP OUT THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO ADVISED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOT TO BUY MEAT FROM ON-STREET HAWKERS AS SUCH MEAT, MOSTLY SUPPLIED BY UNLICENSED SLAUGHTERHOUSES, WAS NOT HYGIENICALLY PREPARED AND *OULD PROBABLY BE UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
POLLUTANT THREAT WORKSHOP FOR CHEMISTRY TEACHERS
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TEN WORKSHOPS DEALING WITH THE THREAT OF POLLUTANTS CONTAINING SULPHUR AND NITROGEN WILL BE HELD NEXT MONTH FOR CHEMISTRY TEACHERS.
ORGANISED BY THE SCIENCE SUBJECTS SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADVISORY INSPECTORATE, THE WORKSHOPS WILL INCLUDE ILLUSTRATED TALKS, DISCUSSION SESSIONS AND PRACTICAL WORK ON THE THREAT OF THOSE POLLUTANTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE STANDARD METHODS FOR ANALYSING THEM.
CHEMISTRY TEACHERS WILL FIND THE WORKSHOPS USEFUL AS THEY BEAR RELEVANCE TO THE CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS FOR FORMS IV AND V, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE WORKSHOPS