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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1989
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THE SPOKESMAN ALSO POINTED OUT THAT ACESULFAME-K WAS HUNDRED TIMES SWEETER THAN SUGAR AND HAD BEEN REPORTED TO BE SAFE USE AS A FOOD ADDITIVE BY THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION IN 1983.
"SINCE THEN, THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN KEEPING TRACK OF THE APPROVAL FOR ITS USE IN OTHER ADVANCED COUNTRIES AND OF ITS SAFETY EVALUATION DATA," HE SAID.
'ACESULFAME-K IS NOW AN APPROVED ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER IN COUNTRIES INCLUDING BRITAIN, THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, FRANCE, DENMARK, SWEDEN AND SWITZERLAND.
"LOCALLY, THE PROPOSAL TO ACCEPT ACESULFAME-K HAS BEEN AGREED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES AND THE GOVERNMENT CHEMIST, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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"AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE APPROVAL BY THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDES CONSUMERS, ESPECIALLY DIABETICS, WITH AN ADDITIONAL CHOICE, HR ADDED.
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'YAN YAT' PARTY FOR TAI PO ELDERLY
TO
ΤΑΙ PO
ABOUT 1,600 ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVING IN TAI PO WILL BE TREATED A "YAN YAT" (EVERYONE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY AT TWO RESTAURANTS IN MARKET ON SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 12) AFTERNOON.
THE PARTY IS ORGANISED BY THE SECOND TAI PO FESTIVAL'S PARTY ORGANISING COMMITTEE AS PART OF THE FESTIVAL.
ELDERLY
RESIDENTS AGED 73 OR ABOVE IN THE DISTRICT HAVE BERN INVITED TO ATTEND THE PARTY DURING WHICH GOLD MEDALS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE FIVE OLDEST PERSONS. ALSO, ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE LAI-SEE PACKETS.
THE TAI PO DISTRICT OFFICER, MR JOHN BURRETT, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE PARTY.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER
ELDERLY ON SUNDAY (FEBRUARY 12).
THE "YAN YAT" PARTY FOR TAI PO A CEREMONY TO BEGIN THE FUNCTION WILL BE HELD AT KUN LIN WAH RESTAURANT, 9 HEUNG SZE WUI STREET, TAI PO MARKET AT 3 PM.
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