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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1990
DISCRIMINATION RATE IS EVEN LOWER IN RAPE CASES AS IT IS OFTEN VIRGINAL UNABLE TO DISTINGUISH VICTIM'S BLOOD GROUP SUBSTANCES IN HER SECRETIONS FROM THE BLOOD GROUP SUBSTANCES IN A SUSPECT'S SEMEN, THE TWO SOURCES OF MATERIALS ARE MIXED.
WHEN
SINCE DNA FROM TWO INDIVIDUALS, EXCEPT IDENTICAL TWINS, WILL NOT BREAK DOWN INTO PRECISELY THE SAME PATTERN, MR TSUI SAID VIRTUALLY EVERYONE CAN BE DISTINGUISHED BY DNA, AS FINGERPRINTS.
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HE STILL
ALTHOUGH A DNA TEST TAKES ABOUT 18 DAYS TO COMPLETE, WHICH SIX TIMES MORE THAN THAT OF THE TRADITIONAL BLOOD TEST, CONSIDERED IT WORTHWHILE.
BUT THE DNA TEST IS NOT WITHOUT PROBLEMS.
IN THE UNITED STATES, SEVERAL CASES HAVE COLLAPSED BECAUSE DNA EVIDENCE WAS RULED TO BE FAULTY.
THE
THE IS THE OBJECTIVITY IN INTERPRETING ANOTHER PROBLEM RESULTS. SINCE THE TEST RESULTS RELY HEAVILY ON VISUAL INTERPRETATION,
IN OPINIONS THAT THERE MAY BE DIFFERENCE
AMONG THE IT IS LIKELY PROFESSIONALS.
TEST
HOWEVER,
HELP
USE IS ON THE WAY, WITH THE
OF VIDEO-IMAGING
TECHNIQUES.
A CAUTIOUS
MR TSUI SAID THE GOVERNMENT LABORATORY IS TAKING APPROACH, WAITING FOR A CONSENSUS AMONG THE FORENSIC COMMUNITY FOR THE STANDARDISATION OF THE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES INVOLVED.
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AUGUST 1990 THE HOTTEST MONTH RECORDED
THE
MONTHLY
HOTTEST MONTH AND AUGUST 1990 WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE DRIEST AUGUST EVER EXPERIENCED IN HONG KONG, ACCORDING TO THE WEATHER REPORT RELEASED BY THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE
ROYAL
SET 90
YEARS
AT AROUND 12.30 PM ON AUGUST 18, THE TEMPERATURE AT OBSERVATORY ROSE TO 36.1 DEGREES, EQUALLING THE RECORD
AGO.
THE HOTTEST 31.4 DEGREES
WITH A DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 31.9 DEGREES AND A DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 30.1 DEGREES, AUGUST 18, 1990 WAS DAY ON RECORD. THE DAILY MEAN TEMPERATURE EXCEEDED REGISTERED ON AUGUST 25, 1931 BY HALF A DEGREE WHILE THE DAILY MINIMUM DEGREES SET THREE TEMPERATURE EXCEEDED THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 29.2 YEARS AGO ON JUNE 26, 1987 AND JULY 21, 1987 BY NEARLY ONE DEGREE.
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