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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1987

"QUITE APART FROM THE USE OF THIS PARTICULAR PESTICIDE, IT IS GOOD FARMING PRACTICE NOT TO SPRAY PESTICIDE ONTO VEGETABLES FOR AT LEAST ONE TO TWO WEEKS BEFORE CUTTING, HE SAID.

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CONCERNING THE PEOPLE AFFECTED, HE SAID MOST HAD ALREADY MADE THE REMAINING FEW VICTIMS

A GOOD RECOVERY AND IT WAS EXPECTED THAT WOULD ALSO RECOVER.

SERVICES BRANCH WOULD BE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL TO TIME SO THAT CONTINUOUS KONG WHICH THROUGH MAN

DR PERRY SAID THAT THE MUNICIPAL ASKING BOTH THE URBAN COUNCIL AND REGIONAL HAVE STAFF AT BORDER CROSSING POINTS FULL CHECKS CAN BE MADE ON FOOD COMING INTO HONG KAM TO IS AT A PRESENT RATE OF 500 LORRYLOADS A DAY.

CONTAINED,

THOUGH THE PRESENT OUTBREAK WAS THOUGHT TO BE FULLY HE REITERATED THAT THE PESTICIDE WAS SOLUBLE IN WATER AND THAT VERY THOROUGH WASHING OF THE VEGETABLE BEFORE COOKING SHOULD KEEP THE RISK TO A MINIMAL LEVEL.

PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES SURVEY

FOR SEPTEMBER RELEASED

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THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR ESTIMATED AT $7,223 MILLION, WAS 19 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR WHILST THEIR VOLUME WAS 11 PER CENT HIGHER, ACCORDING ΤΟ THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF A SURVEY RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

COMPARING THE PERIOD JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, TOTAL RETAIL SALES INCREASED BY 16 PER CENT IN VALUE AND NINE PER CENT IN VOLUME.

THIS REFLECTED BUOYANT CONSUMER DEMAND DURING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, PARTICULARLY IN THE THIRD QUARTER, WITH THE HIGH LEVEL OF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE.

CONSISTENT

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