MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1994
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FOOD POISONING CASES DUE TO BACTERIAL CAUSES OCCURRED BECAUSE OF IMPROPER HANDLING, PREPARATION AND STORAGE OF FOOD.
MAINLY
THE 15 CASES OF PESTICIDE-TAINTED VEGETABLE POISONING INVOLVED AMONG 15 CONSUMPTION OF WHITE CABBAGE AND CHINESE FLOWERING CABBAGE.
WERE CASES OF BIOTOXIN POISONING, NINE WERE CIGUATERA POISONING, FIVE PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING AND ONE WAS PUFFER FISH POISONING.
FOOD
MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF FOOD POISONING WERE DOMESTIC OUTBREAKS.
AND THE PUBLIC IS REMINDED THAT STRICT PERSONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE MUST BE OBSERVED WHEN PREPARING FOOD AT HOME.
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HK AND WORLD BANK/IMF SIGN MEMORANDUM
TODAY
HONG KONG AND THE WORLD BANK/INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
ON
SERVICES SIGNED (MONDAY)
A MEMORANDUM FACILITIES FOR THE WORLD BANK/IMF ANNUAL MEETINGS TO BE HELD KONG IN 1997.
(IMF)
PROVIDING
AND
IN HONG
THE
YAM
WAS SIGNED THE MEMORANDUM
IN MADRID BETWEEN HONG KONG REPRESENTED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR HAMISH MACLEOD, AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY, MR JOSEPH AND THE WORLD BANK/IMF SECRETARIES.
THE MEMORANDUM ON THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES SETS AND OUT IN DETAIL HONG KONG'S OBLIGATIONS IN PROVIDING SUCH SERVICES FACILITIES AS MEETING ROOMS AND FACILITIES, TEMPORARY OFFICES, ACCOMMODATION AND LOCAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.
SIR
HONG
HOTEL
HAMISH
ΤΟ SAID
KONG WAS COMMITTED
SUCCESSFULLY THE WORLD BANK/IMF IN HONG ORGANISING THE 1997 ANNUAL MEETINGS OF KONG.
EVENT IN HONG KONG SOON "THE STAGING OF SUCH A PRESTIGIOUS
ВЕ A TIMELY AFFIRMATION OF AFTER THE TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGNTY WILL
AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL HONG KONG'S CONTINUING STATUS AS
WILL 1997 AND
BE AFTER
GOOD FOR THE CONTINUED STABILITY PROSPERITY OF THE TERRITORY," HE SAID.
CENTRE AND
A STEERING COMMITTEE то
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY IS CHAIRING OVERSEE THE OVERALL PLANNING OF THIS IMPORTANT EVENT.
COMPRISING
IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WILL ALSO SET UP FROM REPRESENTATIVES
ΤΟ DEAL WITH
WHICH AUTHORITY, THE HONG KONG MONETARY CO-ORDINATING THE PLANNING WORK FOR THE MEETINGS, COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS, VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE PLANNING WORK.
AND ORGANISATIONS,
SIR HAMISH AND MR YAM ARE IN MADRID ATTENDING THE 1994 MEETINGS OF THE WORLD BANK/IMF.
MR YAM IS ALSO LEADING A TEAM TO ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE WORLD BANK/IMF.
ANNUAL
STUDY THE ARRANGEMENTS
FOR
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