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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1988

WHOLESALER FINED $7,000 FOR SELLING CONTAMINATED VEGETABLES

THE

SERVICES

BRANCH

TODAY

(WEDNESDAY)

WARNED THE BANNED TO A MAXIMUM

MUNICIPAL

VEGETABLES CONTAINING VEGETABLE TRADERS NOT TO SELL PESTICIDE "METHAMIDOPHOS" OR ELSE THEY WOULD BE LIABLE FINE OF $5,000 PLUS THREE MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

PENALTY

то PROVEN

WOULD BE

HAVE CAUSED AND $25,000

POISONING IN SIX MONTHS'

IF THE VEGETABLES WERE

THE

PEOPLE, IMPRISONMENT.

MAXIMUM

YESTERDAY VEGETABLE

IN FANLING MAGISTRACY THIS WARNING FOLLOWS A CASE

SHEUNG SHUI WHOLESALE WHEN A VEGETABLE WHOLESALER AT THE

(FLOWERING MARKET WAS FINED A TOTAL OF $7,000 FOR SELLING "CHOI SUM"

CONTAINING THE BANNED WHITE CABBAGE) AND "PAK CHOI" (WHITE CABBAGE) PESTICIDE "METHAMIDOPHOS".

FOOD INSPECTORS FROM THE MUNICIPAL THE COURT WAS TOLD THAT

ON SERVICES BRANCH WENT TO THE SHEUNG SHUI WHOLESALE VEGETABLE MARKET

"CHOI SUM" AND "PAK CHOI" FROM A JULY 6 AND TOOK SAMPLES OF THE

SAN SHING AVENUE, SHEUNG

SHUI, TRADER, WONG SUI-WAH, OF 115 CHEMICAL TESTING,

FOR

SHOWED THAT THE SAMPLES THE RESULT OF THE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS

AND 0.3 MILLIGRAM OF "METHAMIDOPHOS" PER CONTAINED RESPECTIVELY 0.5 KILOGRAM OF VEGETABLES,

HEALTH WONG WAS THEN CHARGED UNDER SECTION 52(1) OF THE PUBLIC

"NOT OF THE AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE WITH HAVING SOLD FOOD SUBSTANCE DEMANDED BY THE PURCHASER“.

WONG WAS ALSO ORDERED TO PAY COSTS OF $434 FOR ANALYSIS OF

THE

SAMPLES.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO CHINA FERRY TERMINAL STRENGTHENED

PUBLIC TRANSPORT TO

WILL BE A NEW THE

THE NEW CHINA FERRY TERMINAL

WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF (THURSDAY) STRENGTHENED TOMORROW

OF EXISTING AND IMPROVEMENT

SERVICES, CIRCULAR COACH SERVICE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY.

ΤΟ BEGIN

THE NEW CIRCULAR COACH SERVICE, ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED OPERATION FROM NEXT WEDNESDAY, HAS BEEN ADVANCED TO START FROM 6.30 AM TOMORROW TO MEET PASSENGER DEMAND GENERATED

BY THE

OPENING

OF THE

FERRY TERMINAL.

/THE NEW