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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1992

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"TWO MONTHS AGO THE NEW HONG KONG MUSEUM OF ARTS WAS OPENED, COMPLETING THE IMPRESSIVE NEW CULTURAL COMPLEX ON OUR WATERFRONT, HE SAID.

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SIR DAVID SAID ROONOMIC SUCCESS WAS ONLY A PART VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE HONG KONG STORY.

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HARBOUR

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THE TWO CULTURAL EVENINGS COMPRISE AN AUDIO-VISUAL SHOW AND A LIVE FASHION, CULTURAL AND DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA, PRESENTED BY STUDENTS OF THE ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS AND THE SWIRE SCHOOL OF DESIGN OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.

THE QUEST OF HONOUR AT TOMORROW'S GALA EVENING WILL BE HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES.

QUESTS AT EACH EVENING INCLUDE SOME 800 PROMINENT SOCIAL, FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL PERSONALITIES FROM BOTH UK AND HONG KONG.

EIGHT TONNES OF VEGETABLES DESTROYED

BIGHT TONNES OF VEGETABLES WERE SEIZED AND DESTROYED BY HEALTH INSPECTORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN A TWO-DAY OPERATION AT MAN KAM TO BORDER CHECKPOINT ENDING TODAY' (WEDNESDAY).

ALI, SAID

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HEALTH (HYGIENE), DR M.B. OF THE 307 SAMPLES TAKEN FOR EXAMINATION OF PESTICIDE, FIVE FAILED THE SCREENING TESTS. THE OWNERS OF THE VEGETABLES VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERED THE GOODS FOR DESTRUCTION,

THE SEIZED VEGETABLES INCLUDED CHOI SUM, PAK CHOI AND SPINACH. THEY EITHER DID NOT HAVE THE REQUIRED PESTICIDE DECLARATION FORM OR CAME FROM VEGETABLE FARMS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED FOR EXPORT PURPOSES.

THE SHENZHEN AND GUANGDONG AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE FINDINGS FOR THEIR NECESSARY ACTION.

DR ALI SAID THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF ISOLATED INCIDENTS 80 THIS YEAR INVOLVING

POISONING CAUSED

BY PRSTICIDE-CONTAMINATED VEGATABLES'.

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THE VICTIMS, FIVE PERSONS FROM TWO FAMILIES, WERK ALL TREATED AND DISCHARGED,

HE APPEALED ΤΟ THE PUBLIC ΤΟ WASH AND BLANCH THOROUGHLY BEFORE COOKING,

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VEGETABLES

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