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SUNDAY, AUGUST 4, 1985

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ALL THE COMMODITIES INCREASED IN MAY 1985 OVER MAY 1984, THE MORE NOTABLE ONES BEING INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY OTHER THAN TEXTILE AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY; CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY: TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT TEXTILE MACHINERY AS WELL AS SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR MAY, AND FOR JANUARY-MAY OF 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF ALL THE END- USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN MAY 1985 WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1984, RANGING FROM NINE PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 76 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS.

FURTHER DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE MAY 1985 ISSUE OF THE +HONG KONG TRADE INDEX NUMBERS+, WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE LATER THIS MONTH AT HK$2 PER COPY.

RSD WARNS AGAINST ILLEGAL SLAUGHTERING

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NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGERS INVOLVED IN ILLEGAL SLAUGHTER ING ARE WARNED TO STOP THEIR BUSINESS IMMEDIATELY, OR THEY WOULD BE LIABLE TO PROSECUTION.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ALSO ADVISED MEAT SHOP OPERATORS NOT TO PURCHASE UNCERTIFIED PIG CARCASSES FOR SALE AS IT WAS AN OFFENCE.

HE SAID THE MAXIMUM PENALTY FOR OPERATING A SLAUGHTERHOUSE WITHOUT A LICENCE WAS A FINE OF $10 000 WHILE THAT FOR POSSESSING UNCERTIFIED MEAT FOR SALE WAS $2 000.

DURING THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, 11 PERSONS WERE FINED A TOTAL OF $22 400 FOR OPERATING SLAUGHTERHOUSES WITHOUT A LICENCE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES AND ANOTHER 35 PERSONS WERE FINED A TOTAL OF $37 050 FOR POSSESSING UNCERTIFIED MEAT.

TO SAFEGUARD PUBLIC HEALTH, THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT THE RSD WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT REGULAR RAIDS TO STAMP OUT THE ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

HE ALSO APPEALED TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOT TO BUY FROM ON-STREET HAWKERS AS SUCH MEAT, MAINLY SUPPLIED BY UNLICENSED SLAUGHTERHOUSES, WAS NOT HYGIENICALLY PREPARED AND WOULD PROBABLY BE UNFIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.

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