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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1988
WHOLESALER FINED $7,000 FOR SELLING CONTAMINATED VEGETABLES
THE
SERVICES
BRANCH
TODAY
(WEDNESDAY)
WARNED THE BANNED TO A MAXIMUM
MUNICIPAL
VEGETABLES CONTAINING VEGETABLE TRADERS NOT TO SELL PESTICIDE "METHAMIDOPHOS" OR ELSE THEY WOULD BE LIABLE FINE OF $5,000 PLUS THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.
PENALTY
то PROVEN
WOULD BE
HAVE CAUSED AND $25,000
POISONING IN SIX MONTHS'
IF THE VEGETABLES WERE
THE
PEOPLE, IMPRISONMENT.
MAXIMUM
YESTERDAY VEGETABLE
IN FANLING MAGISTRACY THIS WARNING FOLLOWS A CASE
SHEUNG SHUI WHOLESALE WHEN A VEGETABLE WHOLESALER AT THE
(FLOWERING MARKET WAS FINED A TOTAL OF $7,000 FOR SELLING "CHOI SUM"
CONTAINING THE BANNED WHITE CABBAGE) AND "PAK CHOI" (WHITE CABBAGE) PESTICIDE "METHAMIDOPHOS".
FOOD INSPECTORS FROM THE MUNICIPAL THE COURT WAS TOLD THAT
ON SERVICES BRANCH WENT TO THE SHEUNG SHUI WHOLESALE VEGETABLE MARKET
"CHOI SUM" AND "PAK CHOI" FROM A JULY 6 AND TOOK SAMPLES OF THE
SAN SHING AVENUE, SHEUNG
SHUI, TRADER, WONG SUI-WAH, OF 115 CHEMICAL TESTING,
FOR
SHOWED THAT THE SAMPLES THE RESULT OF THE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
AND 0.3 MILLIGRAM OF "METHAMIDOPHOS" PER CONTAINED RESPECTIVELY 0.5 KILOGRAM OF VEGETABLES,
HEALTH WONG WAS THEN CHARGED UNDER SECTION 52(1) OF THE PUBLIC
"NOT OF THE AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE WITH HAVING SOLD FOOD SUBSTANCE DEMANDED BY THE PURCHASER“.
WONG WAS ALSO ORDERED TO PAY COSTS OF $434 FOR ANALYSIS OF
THE
SAMPLES.
PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO CHINA FERRY TERMINAL STRENGTHENED
PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO
WILL BE A NEW THE
THE NEW CHINA FERRY TERMINAL
WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF (THURSDAY) STRENGTHENED TOMORROW
OF EXISTING AND IMPROVEMENT
SERVICES, CIRCULAR COACH SERVICE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.
ΤΟ BEGIN
THE NEW CIRCULAR COACH SERVICE, ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED OPERATION FROM NEXT WEDNESDAY, HAS BEEN ADVANCED TO START FROM 6.30 AM TOMORROW TO MEET PASSENGER DEMAND GENERATED
BY THE
OPENING
OF THE
FERRY TERMINAL.
/THE NEW