WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1981
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WARNING ON SALES OF CONTROLLED MEDICINES
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MEDICINE DEALERS ARE WARNED NOT TO SELL CONTROLLED DRUGS WITHOUT AUTHORISATION AS THE FORENSIC PHARMACY SECTION OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS STEPPING UP ACTION AGAINST SALES OF MEDICINES WITHOUT A LICENCE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SA ID TODAY THAT FORENSIC PHARMACISTS RECENTLY MADE ANOTHER LARGE SEIZURE - A TOTAL OF 188 ITEMS OF CONTROLLED DRUGS, VALUED AT OVER $15 000 IN THE MARKET, DURING A RAID ON THE PREMISES OF TWO MEDICINE RETAILERS IN WAN CHAI.,
THEY CARRIED OUT THE RAID ON JULY 21, AFTER INTENSIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DISTRIBUTION OF +SOFT DRUGS+ FROM MEDICINE SHOPS IN THE DISTRICT.
AMONG THE SEIZURE WERE TRANQUILISERS AND SLEEPING PILLS WHICH ARE CLASSIFIED AS +SOFT DRUGS+ AND ARE COMMONLY ABUSED BY YOUNGSTERS.
THE MANAGERS OF THE MEDICINE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN PLACED ON POLICE BAIL OF $2 000 EACH PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
IF THE DEALERS ARE CONVICTED, THE IR LICENCES TO SELL PART !! POISONS SUCH AS HOUSEHOLD INSECTICIDES, COLD REMEDIES AND SOME COUGH PREPARATIONS WILL BE LIABLE TO CANCELLATION, HE WARNED.
A RAID CARRIED OUT ON JUNE 30 BY THE FORENSIC PHARMACISTS RESULTED IN SEIZURE OF $200 000 WORTH OF UNREGISTERED MEDICINES, THE LARGEST QUANTITY SEIZED SO FAR.
PUBLIC LIGHT BUS CLEARWAY FOR CAUSEWAY BAY
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NGAN MOK STREET IN CAUSEWAY BAY WILL BE DESIGNATED A PUBLIC LIGHT BUS CLEARWAY BETWEEN 7 AM AND MIDNIGHT FROM 10 AM ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 1.
AS A RESULT, PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO STOP AND PICK UP PASSENGERS AND GOODS AT THE PUBLIC LIGHT BUS STAND WITHIN THE RESTRICTED HOURS.
SIGNS WILL BE PUT UP TO INDICATE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CLEARWAY.
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