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Mr Ikeda will visit Hong Kong on August 28 and 29 after his Middle East trip. During his stay in Hong Kong, he will meet Mrs Chan and other senior officials as well as Hong Kong people at the dinner reception to be held at the Victoria House.
A helicopter tour will also be arranged for Mr Ikeda to view the new airport developments as well as other programmes now being planned.
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Food surveillance results announced
The Department of Health (DH) today (Monday) announced at a press conference the results of its regular food surveillance for the first six months of 1996.
A total of 21,122 samples were collected during the period for chemical, bacteriological and radioactivity tests.
The food surveillance programme is conducted by the department's Hygiene Division to monitor that food supplied to the community is wholesome, unadulterated and properly labelled.
Commenting on the results, Assistant Director for Health (Hygiene), Dr Leung Pak-yin, said: "The overall trend for January to June 1996 was similar to the corresponding period in 1995 and was within acceptable levels."
Of the 12,518 samples for chemical analyses, only 199 (1.6%) yielded unsatisfactory results. The majority of these unsatisfactory cases were vegetable samples containing prohibited pesticide residues.
Dr Leung attributed the increase in the number of unsatisfactory vegetable samples to the fact that a much larger number of samples were collected following Man Kam To Food Control Office came into operation earlier in the year.
"This provided much better import control at the border and better safeguard for public health," he said.
As for the 8,191 samples for bacteriological examinations, 526 (6.4%) gave unsatisfactory results. Sashimi and sushi samples yielded the highest unsatisfactory rates, 42.8% and 51.8% respectively.