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TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1985
IMPRESSED BY THE HIGH STANDARD OF THE ENTRIES, THE ADJUDICATORS NOTED THAT EACH TEAM HAD CARRIED OUT AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THEIR DISTRICT'S PROBLEMS AND CONDUCTED SURVEYS BEFORE MAKING PROPOSALS.
THE PROJECTS, WELL PRESENTED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS, ILLUSTRATIONS, SLIDES AND SURVEY RESULTS, WERE JUDGED ACCORDING TO THE IR CONSTRUCTIVENESS, PRACTICALITY, COST EFFECTIVENESS AND PRESENTATION.
THE SECOND PART OF THE FINALS IN THE COMPETITION INVOLVED STAGE PERFORMANCES BY EACH TEAM WHO WERE REQUIRED TO PRESENT AN ACT CENTRED AROUND THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR THEME OF +PARTICIPATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE+.
THE PERFORMANCES WERE GRADED ACCORDING TO THE PRESENTATION OF THEMES, CREATIVITY, TEAM WORK AND THE USE OF SPECIAL STAGE EFFECTS.
ADJUDICATORS FOR THIS SECTION OF THE COMPETITION WERE MR LAU TIN-CHI, MS PEARL CHAN AND MISS MARINA LAU, ALL FROM TVB MRS SIN CHOW DICK-YEE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT: A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION, MRS FANNY LAW: MR ALEX CHEUNG, A FILM DIRECTORS AND MR LAW WING-FAI OF THE HONG KONG ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS.
THE THIRD PART OF THE FINAL ROUNDS IN THE COMPETITION WILL BE A QUIZ TO BE HELD TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM.
THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THESE COMPETITIONS HAVE BEEN COMPILED INTO AN HOUR-LONG TV PROGRAMME WHICH WILL BE AIRED LATER THIS MONTH.
ONE MORE BRAND OF TOXIC WINE FOUND
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THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) CONFIRMED THAT AN ADDITIONAL BRAND OF AUSTRIAN WINE HAS BEEN FOUND TO CONTAIN DIETHYLENE GLYCOL.
THE NAME OF THE AUSTRIAN WINE IS MONCHHOFER KAISERGARTEN 1979 WE ISSBURGUNDER BEERENAUSLESE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THIS BRINGS TO 18 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AUSTRIAN WINES FOUND TO CONTAIN THE TOXIC CHEMICAL. INVESTIGATIONS WERE CONTINUING TO ESTABLISH HOW MANY BOTTLES OF SUCH WINE HAVE REACHED THE MARKET.
SO FAR, THE DEPARTMENT HAD RECOVERED A TOTAL OF 3 109 BOTTLES OF VARIOUS BRANDS OF AUSTRIAN WINES WHICH WERE IDENTIFIED AS CONTAINING THE ANTI-FREEZE CHEMICAL, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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