THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1986
-RABIES WAS RE-INTRODUCED IN 1980, RESULTING IN 35 RABIES CASE INVOLVING 27 DOGS, TWO CATS AND SIX HUMANS.
+SINCE THE 1980 OUTBREAK, THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT HAS STEPPED UP THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF THE DISEASE. RABIES INFECTED AREAS HAVE BEEN DECLARED AND CHECK- POINTS ESTABLISHED TO RESTRICT THE MOVEMENT OF DOGS INTO AND OUT OF THESE AREAS.
+IN ADDITION, CONTINUOUS EFFORTS HAVE BEEN DIRECTED AT VACCINATING ALL DOGS IN THE TERRITORY ESPECIALLY IN THE RABIES INFECTED AREAS WHERE HOUSE-TO-HOUSE VISITS HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT. MUCH EFFORT HAS ALSO BEEN PUT INTO ROUNDING UP AND PUTTING DOWN STRAY DOGS.+
SINCE THEN, DR YIP SAID, OVER 160 000 DOGS HAD BEEN CAUGHT AND ELIMINATED AND ANOTHER 270 000 DOGS AND 3 000 CATS INOCULATED AGAINST THE DISEASE.
+WITH ALL THESE EFFORTS, THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN ABLE TO CONTAIN THE DISEASE AND CURB ITS SPREAD, HE SAID,
DR YIP URGED THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENT'S RABIES CONTROL MEASURES BY HAVING THEIR DOGS INOCULATED AND REPORTING THE SIGHTING OF ANY STRAY DOG TO THE DEPARTMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
HONG NIN BANK LIMITED *****
FOLLOWING THE AGREEMENT, THE TERMS OF WHICH ARE PUBLISHED TODAY, FOR THE PURCHASE OF HONG NIN BANK LIMITED BY FIRST PACIFIC HOLDINGS LIMITED, THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING IS AUTHORISING FIRST PACIFIC TO ASSIST HIM IN CONTROLLING AND CARRYING ON THE BUSINESS OF THE BANK.
THE SERVICES OF MR ANTHONY GOULD, A SECONDEE FROM THE STANDARD CHARTERED BANK WHO HAS BEEN GIVING ABLE ASSISTANCE TO THE COMMISSIONER ARE ACCORDINGLY NO LONGER REQUIRED. MR GOULD WILL RETURN TO THE STANDARD CHARTERED BANK.
THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING ASSUMED CONTROL OF HONG NIN BANK LTD. PURSUANT TO SECTION 52(1)(C) OF THE BANKING ORDINANCE ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1986. THE EXCHANGE FUND PROVIDED A LINE OF CREDIT SUFFICIENT TO ENABLE THE BANK TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS IN FULL ON TIME.
/FOLLOWING THE
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