FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1991
THREE TAINTED VEGETABLE SAMPLES CAME FROM SHENZHEN
OF CHOI CAME TODAY
IT HAS BEEN CONFIRMED THAT THREE OF THE FIVE SAMPLES SUM, WHICH WERE FOUND TO HAVE CONTAINED METHAMIDOPHOS YESTERDAY, FROM SHENZHEN, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SAID (FRIDAY).
INFORMED TODAY OF THE
HE SAID THE SHENZHEN AUTHORITIES WERE LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN THE RECENT FOOD POISONING CASES.
THE SOURCE OF THE OTHER TWO SAMPLES OF CHOI SUM IS STILL INVESTIGATED.
SPOKESMAN THE
NO SAID
BRING
NEW CASES
OF FOOD POISONING
FROM
VEGETABLES HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR TODAY.
PESTICIDE
OF THE 13 PEOPLE DETAINED IN HOSPITAL AFTER BATING CONTAMINATED VEGETABLES, SEVEN HAD BEEN DISCHARGED. THE CONDITION OF WAS DESCRIBED AS THREE MEN AND THREE WOMEN THE REMAINING SIX SATISFACTORY.
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MEANWHILE, THE DEPARTMENT CHECKING AND SAMPLING OF VEGETABLES.
CONTINUES
TO INTENSIFY
UP TO THIS MORNING, A TOTAL OF 711 VEGETABLE SAMPLES HAVE
AND STALLS
MAN KAM MARKET HAWKERS, TAKEN FROM STREET EXAMINATION.
BORDER-
BEEN
ΤΟ
FOR
TWO
RESULTS
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367 5135
FROM
IN VARIOU DEPARTMENTS
OF THE 667 SAMPLES TESTED SO FAR, SEVEN OF THEM, INCLUDING FOOD RAMNANTS, WERE FOUND TO HAVE CONTAINED METHAMIDOPHOS. OF THE OTHER 44 SAMPLES ARE STILL PENDING.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID A HEALTH EDUCATION HOTLINE HAS BEEN SET UP TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ON HOW TO PREVENT POISONING PESTICIDE-TAINTED VEGETABLES.
SUBJECT THE LEAFLETS ON
OBTAINED CAN ALSO BE AND REGIONAL SERVICES MARKETS WHERE THE URBAN SERVICES HAVE DISPLAYED POSTERS INFORMING THE PUBLIC OF THE NEED COOK VEGETABLES THOROUGHLY BEFORE EATING,
то WASH AND
DREDGING IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS PROPOSED
PROPOSES THE GOVERNMENT
ΤΟ
LOCATIONS IN THE TERRITORY PROJECTS.
то
CARRY FACILITATE
OUT A
DREDGING
OF NUMBER
IN VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT
DREDGING IN TSEUNG KWAN O TOWN CENTRE WILL BE CONDUCTED AN AREA OF ABOUT 97 HECTARES OF FORESHORE AND SEABED.
WITHIN
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