THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1993 ►
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MORE VEGETABLES INTERCEPTED
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S FOOD INSPECTORS AT MAN KAM TO BORDER CHECKPOINT YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) INTERCEPTED A LORRY OF VEGETABLES COMING FROM A SUSPECTED FARM, SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.
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THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE VEGETABLES SEIZED, CONSISTING CHINESE FLOWERING CABBAGE (CHOI SUM), CHINESE WHITE CABBAGE CHINESE KALE WEIGHED 3,000 KILOGRAMS, WERE DESTROYED TODAY.
THE SPOKESMAN URGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC то TAKE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES ΤΟ PREVENT FOOD POISONING PESTICIDE-CONTAMINATED VEGETABLES:
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DON'T BUY VEGETABLES WITH AN OBVIOUS STRANGE SMELL;
WASH WELL BEFORE COOKING;
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DIP VEGETABLES INTO CLEAN WATER FOR SOME TIME TO ALLOW PESTICIDES TO LEACH OUT;
BLANCH IN BOILING WATER AND POUR AWAY THE WATER USED FOR BLANCHING AS IT MAY CONTAIN DISSOLVED PESTICIDES; AND
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COOK THOROUGHLY BEFORE CONSUMPTION.
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VIEWS TO BE SOUGHT ON DISTRICT BOARD ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES * * * * *
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE THEIR VIEWS ON PROVISIONAL CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES DRAWN UP BY THE BOUNDARY ELECTION COMMISSION FOR THE DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS NEXT YEAR.
ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF A PUBLIC CONSULTATION EXERCISE ON RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY (THURSDAY), THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMISSION, JUSTICE WOO KWOK-HING, SAID REPRESENTATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO COMMISSION SECRETARIAT BETWEEN OCTOBER 29 AND NOVEMBER 27,
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"THE COMMISSION WILL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR BY THE END OF YEAR AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE CONSULTATION EXERCISE, MR JUSTICE WOO SAID.
A NOTICE OF THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR PUBLIC CONSULTATION WILL BE GAZETTED NEXT FRIDAY (OCTOBER 29).
THE THREE-MEMBER COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED IN JULY THIS YEAR TO TAKE CHARGE OF ELECTORAL MATTERS INCLUDING THE DELINEATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTITUENCY BOUNDARIES.
THE OTHER TWO MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ARE MR ROBERT GEORGE KOTEWALL QC AND PROFESSOR LEUNG CHI-KEUNG.
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"THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN HONG KONG THAT A POPULATION QUOTA IS APPLIED IN THE DEMARCATION OF ELECTORAL BOUNDARIES, MR JUSTICE WOO SAID.
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