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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1985

THIS WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY A QUESTIONNAIRE AIMED AT ABOUT 50 000 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE DISTRICT'S PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES AND PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. THE QUESTIONNAIRE WOULD SEEK TO ASSESS PEOPLE'S REACTION TOWARDS PROPOSALS IN THE GREEN PAPER.

TWO PUBLIC SESSIONS WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 8 IN EASTERN AND WESTERN SHAM SHUI PO TO ALLOW DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TO LISTEN TO THE OPINIONS OF RESIDENTS.

CHAIRMAN OF THE WORKING GROUP, MR FUNG KIN-KEE, SAID CIVIC BODIES IN THE DISTRICT WOULD ALSO BE RECEIVING COPIES OF THE GREEN PAPER, INFORMATION LEAFLETS AND A LETTER INVITING THEM TO COMMENT ON THE ISSUE.

+OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO EMBRACE AS WIDE AS POSSIBLE A SPECTRUM OF OPINIONS, WHICH WILL THEN BE COLLATED IN A REPORT AND SUBMITTED TO THE DISTRICT BOARD FOR FURTHER ACTION, MR FUNG SAID.

DURING THE CONSULTATION PERIOD, RESIDENTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS ARE WELCOME TO PRESENT THEIR VIEWS TO THE DISTRICT BOARD. SUBMISSIONS CAN BE MADE IN WRITING BEFORE AUGUST 31, TO THE WORKING GROUP THROUGH THE DISTRICT BOARD SECRETARIAT AT 39 TONK IN STREET, SHAM SHUI PO.

ANOTHER WINE FOUND TO BE TOXIC

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AN ADDITIONAL BRAND OF AUSTRIAN WINE, ILLMITZER KAISERGARTEN WE IBBURGUNDER SPATLESE 1978, HAS BEEN FOUND TO CONTAIN DIETHYLENE GLYCOL, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY WEDNESDAY).

THIS BRINGS TO 17 THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AUSTRIAN WINES CONTAINING THE TOXIC CHEMICAL.

INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONTINUING TO ESTABLISH HOW MANY BOTTLES OF THE LATEST DISCOVERY HAVE REACHED THE MARKET.

MEANWHILE, CUSTOMS OFFICERS TODAY SEIZED 1 150 BOTTLES OF THE TWO AUSTRIAN WINES ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY TO BE CONTAINING THE ANTI- FREEZE CHEMICAL. THE BOTTLES, IMPORTED FROM AUSTRIA BY A LOCAL TRADER, WERE STORED IN A WAREHOUSE IN TSUEN WAN.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT SO FAR, CUSTOMS HAD RECOVERED A TOTAL OF 2 842 BOTTLES OF VARIOUS BRANDS OF AUSTRIAN WINES IDENTIFIED AS CONTAINING THE CHEMICAL.

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