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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1990
THE MEDICINE, COMPRISING 1,910 KG OF BLACK PILLS BRANDED "CHUIFONG TOUKUWAN, NAN LIEN", 660 KG OF RAW MATERIAL AND 77.5 KG OF SEMI-PRODUCT, WAS SEIZED WHEN OFFICERS RAIDED A CHINESE MEDICINE FACTORY IN AN INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IN CHAI WAN.
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS BY THE GOVERNMENT CHEMIST FOUND THE MEDICINE TO CONTAIN FOUR CONTROLLED DRUGS, NAMELY MEFENAMIC ACID, DIAZEPAM, HYDRO-CHLOROTHIAZIDE AND INDOMETHACIN, WHICH ARE PART POISONS.
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REMINDED MEMBERS OF MEDICAL SUPERVISION,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THE PUBLLIC THAT THE MEDICINE, IF TAKEN WITHOUT COULD CAUSE UNDESIRABLE SIDE-EFFECTS SUCH AS PEPTIC ULCERATION, GASTRO-INTESTINAL BLEEDING, HAEMOLYTIC ANAEMIA, DEPENDENCE AND ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE, IN PARTICULAR IN PATIENTS WITH DIABETES, HEPATIC OR RENAL IMPAIRMENT.
CONFUSION, DRUG
"AS IT IS AN OFFENCE TO POSSESS OR SELL SUCH PART 1 POISONS UNDER THE PHARMACY AND POISONS ORDINANCE, MEDICINE DEALERS ARE REQUESTED TO SURRENDER THEIR STOCK OF THIS MEDICINE, IF ANY, ΤΟ THE FORENSIC PHARMACY DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, CENTRE POINT BUILDING, FIFTH FLOOR, 181-185 GLOUCESTER ROAD, WAN CHAI (TELEPHONE NO. 5735628) FOR DISPOSAL, HE SAID
TWO MEN AND A WOMAN, AGED 40 ΤΟ 46, WERE ASSISTING CUSTOMS INVESTIGATION.
GOVERNMENT LOTS SOLD FOR $243M
THREE LOTS OF GOVERNMENT LAND WERE SOLD FOR A TOTAL OF $243.3 MILLION BY THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT AT A PUBLIC AUCTION TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE FIRST LOT IS LOCATED AT SUNG ON STREET, KOWLOON, WHICH WAS BOUGHT BY ANTIER INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED FOR $155 MILLION. BIDDING OPENED AT $140 MILLION.
THE LOT, COVERING AN AREA OF 4,971 SQUARE METRES, IS FOR MULTI- STOREY CARPARK AND NON-INDUSTRIAL (EXCLUDING PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL, PETROL FILLING STATION, GODOWN AND HOTEL) PURPOSES.
THE SECOND LOT IS A GODOWN SITE LOCATED IN AREA 11, ON MUK STREET, SHA TIN, AND HAS AN AREA OF ABOUT 3,050 SQUARE METRES.
IT WAS SOLD AT THE OFFSET PRICE OF $80 INVESTMENT LIMITED.
MILLION ΤΟ GENRIGHT
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