SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1985
+OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS FIELD IS AS CLEAR AS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR CHECKING HYGIENE CONDITIONS IN RESTAURANTS. IN SERIOUS CASES WE HAVE TO PROSECUTE WERE 33 SUCH CASES IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS IN KOWLOON. MUCH CAN BE DONE THROUGH PERSUASION AND EDUCATION.+
THERE BUT
IT IS NOT JUST PORK THAT HAS TO BE PROTECTED BUT ALL
IN FACT ANY FOOD THAT CAN BE CONTAMINATED IN
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MEAT TRANSIT.
+EFFECTIVE ACTION IS NOT ALWAYS EASY. + MR NG POINTS OUT. +ESPECIALLY IN THE CASE OF PEOPLE WHO CONVEY FOOD ON A SMALL SCALE.
+FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY THAT I OR ONE OF MY INSPECTORS NOTICE A MAN ON A BICYCLE WHO'S CARRYING A COUPLE
OF ROAST DUCKS WHICH ARE UNWRAPPED AND EXPOSED TO DUST AND DIRT. IF WE WARN HIM THAT HE IS PUTTING CUSTOMERS AT RISK, HE IS LIKELY TO REPLY THAT THE DUCKS ARE ONLY FOR CONSUMPTION BY HIS OWN FAMILY.
+PROSECUTION WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME, SINCE THE CASE WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY BE DISMISSED. NEVERTHELESS, IN SUCH CASES I POINT OUT TO THE OFFENDER THAT IF HE REALLY CARES FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, HE SHOULD WRAP THE FOOD PROPERLY.
+OFTEN THE MESSAGE BEGINS TO SINK IN. BUT SPREADING THE MESSAGE OF FOOD HYGIENE THROUGH ALL LEVELS OF THE TRADE IS A LONG-TERM BUSINESS, REQUIRING PATIENCE AND COURTESY AS WELL AS FIRMNESS AND PERSISTENCE.
+ABOVE ALL, WE CANNOT AFFORD TO RELAX OUR VIGILANCE. AND WE MUST ALWAYS BE ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR NEW WAYS OF MAKING FOOD-SAFETY STANDARDS STICK.+
APPLICATION SOUGHT FOR COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
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SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVERS, PREPARED TO TAKE UP TEACHING
AS A CAREER, ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR ADMISSION TO THE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.
THE THREE COLLEGES, THE GRANTHAM AND SIR ROBERT BLACK IN KOWLOON AND THE NORTHCOTE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, OFFER A FULL-TIME TWO-YEAR TEACHER TRAINING COURSE IN ENGLISH.
IN ADDITION, NORTHCOTE AND SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGES OF EDUCATION OFFER A FULL-TIME THREE-YEAR COURSE IN ENGLISH WHILE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION OFFERS A FULL-TIME THREE-YEAR COURSE IN CHINESE.
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