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TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1985

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FOUR NEW FACES ON TRADE ADVISORY BOARD

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FOUR NEW MEMBERS HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE TRADE ADVISORY BOARD WHICH HELD ITS FIRST MEETING FOR THE JULY 1985 TO JUNE 1986 YEAR TODAY (TUESDAY).

THE FOUR ARE MR ALAN CHUANG, MR GARY HARILELA, MR RAY MAN LEUNG AND MRS ELEANOR LING.

EIGHT UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS WHO SERVED ON THE BOARD LAST YEAR HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED FOR ANOTHER YEAR. THEY ARE MR WILLIAM TURNBULL, MR PAUL YIN, MR ALEXANDER AU, MR CHRISTOPHER CHENG, MR WARREN HUI, MR S.H. SUNG, MR KENNETH TING AND MR K.Y. YEUNG.

RETIRING FROM THE BOARD ARE MR EDMUND YOUNG, WHO SERVED

FOR FIVE YEARS SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1980, MR K. SITAL

MR 1.R. TOMLIN, MR K.Y. SHAM, MR STEPHEN LAU AND MR FRANK LIN.

+1 WOULD LIKE TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THESE RETIRING MEMBERS FOR THE VALUABLE SERVICE WHICH THEY HAVE GIVEN AND FOR THE CONSCIENTIOUS WAY IN WHICH THEY HAVE CARRIED OUT THEIR DUTIES ON THE BOARD, THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, MR ERIC HO, SAID TODAY.

THE BOARD ADVISES THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY

ON MATTERS AFFECTING HONG KONG'S TRADE -- OTHER THAN

IN TEXTILES AND GARMENTS WHERE ADVICE IS GIVEN BY THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD.

FIRST CHOLERA CASE CONFIRMED

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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) CONFIRMED THAT A 73-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS SUFFERING FROM CHOLERA. THE CASE HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS A LOCAL CASE SINCE THE PATIENT HAS NO HISTORY OF TRAVELLING ABROAD RECENTLY.

IT IS THE FIRST CHOLERA CASE REPORTED IN HONG KONG THIS YEAR. THE LAST CASE WAS REPORTED IN NOVEMBER 1984.

THE PATIENT WAS ADMITTED TO QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL ON JULY 4 SUFFERING FROM DIARRHOEA AND VOMITING. SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL AFTER CLINICAL AND

LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS CONFIRMED THAT SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM THE EL TOR STRAIN OF CHOLERA. HER CONDITION WAS DESCRIBED AS SATISFACTORY.

/HEALTH OFFICERS