OUT OF THESE 91 BRANDS, 18 BELONGED TO THE LOW TAR+ GROUP, 32 WERE RANKED AS +LOW TO MIDDLE TAR+, 38 FELL INTO THE +MIDDLE TAR+ GROUP, AND THE REMAINING THREE BRANDS WERE CLASSIFIED AS +MIDDLE TO HIGH TAR+. NO +HIGH TAR+ CIGARETTE WAS DETECTED IN THE SURVEY.
IT WAS ALSO FOUND THAT THE NUMBER OF +MIDDLE TO HIGH TAR+ CIGARETTES DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THREE, AS COMPARED WITH SIX IN THE LAST SURVEY CONDUCTED IN THE PERIOD FEBRUARY-JULY 1985.
FINDINGS INDICATED THAT TAR GROUPS OF 12 BRANDS DEVIATED
FOUR BRANDS WERE FOUND FROM THAT CLAIMED BY THE MANUFACTURERS. TO BELONG TO A HIGHER GROUP THAN THE LABELLED CLAIMS, WHILE EIGHT WERE IN A LOWER GROUP THAN THEIR CLAIMS.
THE AVERAGE TAR VALUE OF THE 91 BRANDS TESTED ROSE SLIGHTLY TO 15.2 MG PER CIGARETTE AFTER A CONTINUOUS DROP FOR TWO YEARS. THE VALUES OBTAINED IN THE PREVIOUS FIVE SURVEYS WERE 17.6 MG, 16.5 MG, 15.5 MG, 15.4 MG AND 15.0 MG RESPECTIVELY.
A COMPARISON WAS MADE BETWEEN IMPORTED AND LOCALLY MANUFACTURED CIGARETTES. RESULTS SHOWED THAT ALL OF THE LOW TAR+ CIGARETTES WERE IMPORTED. OVERSEAS MANUFACTURERS ALSO MAINTAINED A HIGH PROPORTION OF +LOW TO MIDDLE TAR+ CIGARETTES, WHILE LOCAL MANUFACTURERS INCREASED THE PROPORTION OF +MIDDLE TAR+ BRANDS.
$5 MILLION DONATION TOWARDS HOSPITAL EXTENSION
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) RECEIVED ANOTHER $5 MILLION DONATION FROM PHILANTHROPIST SIR SHIU-KIN TANG FOR THE EXTENSION PROGRAMME AT TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL IN WAN CHAI.
TO MARK THE OCASSION, A BRIEF CEREMONY WAS HELD DURING WHICH SIR SHIU-KIN PRESENTED THE CHEQUE TO THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG.
DR THONG THANKED SIR SHIU-KIN FOR HIS CONTINUOUS SUPPORT IN PROVIDING THE PUBLIC WITH BETTER MEDICAL SERVICES AND FOR HIS GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXTENSION WHICH WILL COST A TOTAL $75.7 MILLION.
THE PROPOSAL TO EXTEND THE TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL WAS ENDORSED BY THE MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING ITS FUNCTION AS A CASUALTY HOSPITAL IN THE DISTRICT.
/THE PROJECT
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