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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1983

AN OUTLINE OF THE ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MINIMISING THE POSSIBILITY OF ACCIDENTS IN A SCIENCE LABORATORY IS CONTAINED IN THE PAMPHLET +SAFETY IN THE LABORATORY+ PUBLISHED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT SOME LOCAL SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS CARRIED MANY CHEMISTRY EXPERIMENTS WHICH CAN BE PERFORMED AT HOME BY SCHOOL CHILDREN.

+SOME OF THESE EXPERIMENTS ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND IT IS ESSENTIAL TO REMIND STUDENTS REPEATEDLY THAT SUCH HAZARDOUS EXPERIMENTS SHOULD NOT BE PERFORMED BY THEMSELVES AT HOME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

GREAT CARE MUST BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT EVEN IF STUDENTS ARE TO CARRY OUT SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS ON THE IR OWN OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL, THEY SHOULD FIRST SEEK THE ADVICE OF THEIR SCIENCE TEACHERS ON THE NATURE OF THESE EXPERIMENTS, HE ADDED.

RELOCATION OF POULTRY MARKET PLANNED

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A 7 900-SQUARE-METRE SITE IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR A TEMPORARY POULTRY WHOLESALE MARKET TO ACCOMMODATE THE 12 STALLS WHICH ARE NOW IN FORBES STREET, AND TO PROVIDE LOADING AND UNLOADING FACILITIES, THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS LOLLY CHIU, SAID TODAY.

SHE SAID THE TEMPORARY MARKET, ESTIMATED TO COST ABOUT $10 MILLION, WOULD BE READY BY 1985.

FURTHERMORE, SHE SAID, THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TRADE HAD AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO MOVE FROM THE PLACE WHERE THEY HAD OPERATED FOR DECADES.

MISS CHIU WAS SPEAKING ON THE PROBLEMS BROUGHT ABOUT BY POULTRY LAAN TRADERS IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT.

+AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO A LONG-TERM PLAN TO REPROVISION THE POULTRY LAANS, TOGETHER WITH THE VEGETABLE AND FRESH WATER FISH WHOLESALE MARKETS IN KENNEDY TOWN TO THE PERMANENT WHOLESALE MARKET ON THE WESTERN RECLAMATION.

+THIS LARGE-SCALE PROJECT WILL REQUIRE A RELATIVELY LONG PERIOD OF TIME FOR DETAILED CONSIDERATION AND PLANNING, SHE SAID.

SHE SAID THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY POULTRY LAANS COULD BE VIEWED FROM THREE ASPECTS 1-

* ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION AS THE WHOLESALE MARKET HAD

TO KEEP A CERTAIN QUANTITY OF POULTRY FOR SALE TO THE RETAIL DEALERS AND HAWKERS EACH DAY. THE POULTRY EXCREMENT AND THE UNPLEASANT SMELL CAUSED SEVERE POLLUTION TO THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT IN THE AREA:

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