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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1987
PRESENTING BACKGROUND INFORMATION AT THE REGIONAL COUNCIL'S FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION SELECT COMMITTEE THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON, DEPARTMENTAL SECRETARY, MR P.Y. CHOY, POINTED OUT THAT THE DIVISION HAD EXPANDED FROM 63 IN FEBRUARY 1985 TO ITS PRESENT ESTABLISHMENT 91, INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF TWO TREASURY ACCOUNTANTS.
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"THE POST HOLDER ATTENDS BEFORE COUNCIL AND ITS SELECT COMMITTEES TO ADVISE ON ALL FINANCE AND SUPPLIES MATTERS, HE TOLD MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
ANOTHER PRIME RESPONSIBILITY OF THE TREASURY ACCOUNT WAS TO MAXIMISE THE RETURN ON COUNCIL INVESTMENTS AND TO MONITOR CLOSELY THE CASH FLOW POSITION AND COMMITMENTS SO AS TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF SURPLUS FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR INVESTMENTS AND THE PERIODS FOR WHICH THEY COULD BE SAFELY INVESTED.
"THE OFFICER ADMINISTERS COUNCIL'S FUNDS, ESTIMATED
AT $1,100 MILLION IN REVENUE AND $938 MILLION IN OPERATING EXPENDITURE IN 1987-88."
"WITH EFFECT FROM 1988-89, THE CHIEF TREASURY ACCOUNTANT WILL ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE OF THE COUNCIL, WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO BE $121 MILLION IN 1988-89," MR CHOY ADDED.
NEW GOOD-QUALITY MUSHROOM INTRODUCED TO FARMERS
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES INTRODUCED ΤΟ LOCAL FARMERS A NEW HIGH-YIELDING MUSHROOM WHICH HAS BEEN PRODUCTION AS A HEALTHY NATURAL FOOD.
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DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY} VARIETY OF GOOD-QUALITY, PROVEN SUITABLE FOR LOCAL
THE SMALL OYSTER MUSHROOM; A TEMPERATE STRAIN OF THE OYSTER MUSHROOM GROUP CURRENTLY CULTIVATED IN JAPAN, IS FOUND ΤΟ POSSESS A HIGH CONTENT OF PROTEIN, COMPOSING OF A LARGE PROPORTION OF ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS.
ANALYSES ALSO SHOW THAT IT IS RICH IN VITAMIN B AND UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS WHICH HELP ΤΟ REDUCE THE AMOUNT CHOLESTEROL. IT ALSO HAS LOW CALORIE BUT HIGH FIBRE CONTENTS.
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ACCORDING TO RECENT SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS IN JAPAN, THE STRAIN HAS A GOOD ANTI-TUMOR EFFECT WHEN FED ΤΟ
MICE. IN CULTIVATION PROCESS, NO CHEMICALS ARE REQUIRED TO BE ADDED, THEREBY GUARANTEEING ITS PURE QUALITY AS A NATURAL FOOD.
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