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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1986

A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS

DEPARTMENT, CHIEF SURVEYOR MR LAURIE WONG, TOLD THE BOARD THAT UNDER THE PRESENT LAW THERE WAS NO DEFINITION OF +OVERCROWDING.

+WHAT THE DEPARTMENT IS CONCERNED ABOUT IS WHETHER THERE IS SUFFICIENT MEANS OF ESCAPE FROM A PREMISES,+ HE SAID.

MR WONG SAID THAT HIS DEPARTMENT WOULD GIVE THE BOARD EVERY POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION TO HELP TO ELIMINATE THE POTENTIAL DANGER.

SUSPECTED FOOD POISONING

SAMPLES BEING ANALYSED

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FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S SUSPECTED FOOD POISONING CASE AT THE WAN CHAI SPORTS GROUND, SAMPLES TAKEN AT THE SCENE BY HEALTH INSPECTORS FROM THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT ARE TODAY BEING TESTED BY THE GOVERNMENT LABORATORY AND PATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.

AN USD SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THAT RESULTS OF THE BACTERIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL TESTS WOULD BE KNOWN IN ABOUT A

WEEK.

THE FOOD SAMPLES WERE TAKEN YESTERDAY FROM A LICENSED KIOSK AT THE SPORTS GROUND AFTER 18 GIRLS. ALL STUDENTS AT A GIRLS' COLLEGE SPORTS MEET, BECAME ILL SHORTLY AFTER EATING INSTANT NOODLES WITH HAM OR SAUSAGES FROM THE KIOSK.

THE VICTIMS, AGED BETWEEN 12 AND 18, WERE TAKEN TO TANG SHUI KIN HOSPITAL WHERE 15 WERE DISCHARGED AFTER TREATMENT. THE REMAINING THREE WERE TRANSFERRED TO QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER TREATMENT.

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