SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1991
"IN CASE OF BREAKDOWNS, THE DIVISION MAY NEED TO USE OTHER LESS VERSATILE TECHNIQUES TO CONDUCT TESTS. IN SUCH CASES, TESTS WOULD TAKE LONGER TIME TO ACCOMPLISH AND ACCURACY OF THE RESULTS MIGHT BK AFFECTED," DR LEUNG SAID.
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REPLACEMENT OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM WAS THEREFORE PROPOSED ON THE ADVICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE EQUIPMENT.
ADVISORY AND TESTING
SERVICES
FOR
THE DIVISION PROVIDES GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS WHICH REQUIRE LABORATORY SUPPORT IN DISCHARGING THEIR STATUTORY AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS OR DUTIES.
ITS ACTIVITIES ALSO INCLUDES TESTING OF CIGARETTES FOR HARMFUL CHEMICALS, RADIOCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING OF
AIR, WATER AND WASTE SAMPLES.
THE DIVISION
ALSO IDENTIFIES
HARMFUL CONTAMINANTS AND PESTICIDES IN FOOD, HORMONE RESIDUES IN POULTRY AND UNDECLARED SYNTHETIC DRUGS IN CHINESE HERBAL PREPARATIONS.
ON SOME OCCASIONS, PARTICULARLY IN CASES WHERE PUBLIC SAFETY IS AFFECTED, ANALYTICAL RESULTS ARE REQUIRED URGENTLY.
EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND PROVIDES $3.4M TO NEEDY IN 1989/90
AID TO THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND WHICH PROVIDES CASH
A TOTAL OF OF NATURAL DISASTER HAS PAID OUT
$3.4 MILLION
FISCAL YEAR OF 1989/90.
VICTIMS
IN THE
THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND, MANAGED BY THE
ALLOCATION FROM
OF AN
WELFARE, COMPRISES OCCASIONAL DONATION FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL GOVERNMENT AND
THE
LOANS AND GRANTS WITH ADVICE FROM THE RELIEF FUND COMMITTEE, WOULD BE GIVEN TO VICTIMS OF FIRE, FLOOD, TYPHOON AND OTHER DISASTERS,
THAT MILLION, MADE FOR
A SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) IN 1989/90, THE MAJORITY OF THE PAYMENTS WHICH TOTALLED $2.6 OR 75 PER CENT OF THE YEAR'S TOTAL EXPENDITURE, WERE GRANTS DOMESTIC RE-ACCOMMODATION, RE-EQUIPMENT, SITE FORMATION AND REPAIR.
GRANTS AND THE REMAINDER INCLUDED $630,000 IN PRIMARY PRODUCE
OF GRANTS FROM THE $210,000 IN DEATH AND INJURY GRANTS. RECIPIENTS FUND WERE MOSTLY VICTIMS OF FIRES AND LANDSLIDES, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
THE EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND
FALL INTO THE
GRANTS MADE FROM FOLLOWING FIVE CATEGORIES:
* DEATH AND PERSONAL INJURY GRANTS;
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DOMESTIC RE-ACCOMMODATION