MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1986
TWO FINED $2 000 EACH
BORIC ACID ADDED TO FOOD
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TWO OPERATORS OF FOOD OUTLETS WERE TODAY FINED $2 000 EACH FOR SELLING FOOD ITEMS TREATED WITH BORIC ACID, WHICH IS HARMFUL FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
THE LICENSEE OF THE FUMANIA RESTAURANT AT 2 PERCIVAL STREET, CAUSEWAY BAY, WAS ALSO ORDERED TO PAY $237.60 IN COSTS WHILE THE STALL-HOLDER OF CHAN CHING LEE AT STALL 85 IN CENTRAL MARKET, CENTRAL, WAS ORDERED TO PAY $264 IN COSTS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE URBAN COUNCIL TODAY CALLED ON ALL OPERATORS OF FOOD OUTLETS NOT TO USE BORIC ACID, WHICH IS A
ALL OFFENDERS WOULD HAZARDOUS PROHIBITED FOOD PRESERVATIVE. BE PROSECUTED, HE ADDED.
TAI PO DRAGON BOAT RACE COMMITTEE FORMED
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A COMMITTEE HAS BEEN FORMED TO ORGANISE THIS YEAR'S TAI PO DRAGON BOAT RACE.
CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW COMMITTEE, MR STEPHEN WONG YUEN-CHEUNG, SAID TODAY (MONDAY) THE DRAGON BOAT RACE WAS A TRADITION IN TAI PO. AND HE URGED LOCAL RESIDENTS AND ORGANISATIONS TO RENDER FULL SUPPORT IN MAKING THE ANNUAL EVENT A SUCCESS.
THE RACE WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE TUEN NG FESTIVAL ON JUNE 11 ALONG THE WATERFRONT OF TOLO HARBOUR NEAR THE TAI PO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE.
THE TAI PO DISTRICT DRAGON BOAT RACE COMMITTEE WILL HOLD ITS FIRST MEETING ON APRIL 15.
REGISTRATION REVOKED
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THE COMMISSIONER OF DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES ANNOUNCED THAT THE REGISTRATION OF FILINVEST FINANCE (H.K.) LIMITED AS A DEPOSIT- TAKING-COMPANY HAS BEEN REVOKED AT ITS OWN REQUEST UNDER SECTION 14(2) OF THE DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES ORDINANCE.
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