XN000022-1982-07-28 — Page 10

-EDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1982

ACTION AGAINST ILLEGAL USE OF TOXIC PRESERVATIVES

WHEN THE ILLEGAL USE OF TOXIC PRESERVATIVES, SUCH AS SALICYLIC ACID, IS DISCOVERED, THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES IS EMPOWERED BY THE LAW TO AUTHORISE OFFICERS TO MARK, SEAL AND SEIZE ANY FOOD UNF IT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

AND WHERE NECESSARY, ACTION IS ALSO TAKEN AGAINST SPECIFIC FOOD FACTORIES AND RETAIL OUTLETS, THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, THE HON E.P. HO, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PETER C. WONG.

MR HO SAID THAT THE PRESERVATIVES IN FOOD REGULATIONS UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE PRESCRIBE THE MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION OF SPECIFIC PRESERVATIVES PERMISSIBLE IN SOME FOOD ITEMS.

ANY PERSON WHO SELLS GR POSSESSES FOR SALE ANY FOOD CONTRARY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THESE REGULATIONS IS LIABLE TO A FINE OF $2 000 AND THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT, HE WARNED.

+ THE USE OF PRESERVATIVES IN FOOD IS AT PRESENT EFFECTIVELY CONTROLLED BY THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE GOVERNMENT LABORATORY, AND THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE SITUATION IS GETTING CUT CF HAND, + MR HO ASSURED.

POWS ENTITLED TO PENSIONS

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ALL FORMER POWS (PRISONERS OF WAR), WHO WERE MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS OR THE HONG KONG NAVAL VOLUNTEER FORCE DISABLED IN ACTION OR CAPTIVITY, ARE ENTITLED TO PENSIONS UNDER THE VOLUNTEER AND NAVAL VOLUNTEER PENSIONS ORDINANCE AT RATES DETERMINED BY HER MAJESTY IN COUNCIL AS THE NAVAL, MILITARY AND AIR FORCES ETC. (DISABLEMENT AND DEATH) SERVICE PENSIONS ORDERS, THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, THE HON E.P. HO SAID TODAY WEDNESDAY

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ANDREW SO IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR HO SAID ALL FORMER POWS WHO SERVED IN UNITS LISTED IN THE FIRST SCHEDULE TO THE HONG KONG WAR MEMORIAL FUND ORDINANCE AND ARE IN NEED, INCLUDING 74088 (OLUNTEER PCS, WHO DO NOT QUALIFY FOR DISABILITY PENSIONS, ARE EL BIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE AP MEMORIAL FUND.

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