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TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1985
CITING CURRENT GOVERNMENT SPENDING OF BETWEEN $5 BILLION AND $6 BILLION A YEAR ON PUBLIC WORKS AS AN INDICATOR OF ITS CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE, MR CHAN SAID THERE WOULD BE A VIGOROUS PROGRAMME OF PUBLIC WORKS IN THE FUTURE, BOTH NEAR AND LONG TERM, AS IN THE PAST AND PRESENT.
+NEW AND EXISTING PROJECTS, EMBRACING MAJOR LAND DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES, TRANSPORT AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ALL THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF A MODERN, PROGRESSIVE CITY SUCH AS HONG KONG WITH AN AMBITIOUS POPULATION AND DYNAMIC TRADING COMMUNITY, WILL CONTINUE TO BE CONCEIVED, PLANNED AND IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT ANY SLACKENING OF THE PACE TO WHICH WE HAVE ALL BECOME ACCUSTOMED,+ MR CHAN SAID.
ANOTHER ADULTERATED WINE FOUND
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THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) ANNOUNCED THAT ANOTHER BRAND OF AUSTRIAN WINE HAS BEEN FOUND TO CONTAIN DIETHYLENE GLYCOL, BRINGING TO 21 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AUSTRIAN WINES FOUND TO CONTAIN THE TOXIC CHEMICAL.
THE NAME OF THE AUSTRIAN WINE FOUND TO CONTAIN THE CHEMICAL IS PIEROTH RUSTER TROCKENBEERENAUSLESE QUALITATSWEIN BESONDERER REIFE UND LESEART 1979.
INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONTINUING TO ESTABLISH HOW MANY BOTTLES OF SUCH WINE HAVE REACHED THE MARKET. SO FAR, THE DEPARTMENT HAD SEIZED A TOTAL OF 3 367 BOTTLES OF TOXIC AUSTRIAN WINES.
REGISTRATION REVOKED
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THE COMMISSIONER OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAS TODAY REVOKED THE REGISTRATION OF DOMINICAN FINANCE LIMITED AS A DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANY, ON THE GROUND THAT THE COMPANY !S BEING WOUND UP.
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