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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1988

DY378

6,000

C510

DY1668 40,000

All8663

DW999

DY278

DX6638 18,000

43,000 DY2868 3,000 DY102 10,000

18,000 CR17 30,000 DY821 13,000

6.000 DY6378 1,000

DY162 30,000 DY168 80,000

DY722

5,000

DY1283

4.000

ONE SPECIAL REGISTRATION MARK, DW 999 WAS

WITHDRAWN

FROM THE

AUCTION.

SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WERE REQUIRED TO PAY BY AFTER THE BIDDING.

CHEQUE

IMMEDIATELY

TO

VEHICLES

THE NUMBERS AUCTIONED WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WITH 12 MONTHS OF THE DATE OF AUCTION.

TODAY'S SALE, THE 133RD ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CHARITY REALISED SO FAR TO $69,140,032.

CHOI SUM FOUND WITH PESTICIDE RESIDUE

* * *

VEGETABLE FLOWERING

THE MONITORING SYSTEM NEWLY IMPLEMENTED AT THE VEGETABLE MARKETING ORGANISATION (VMO)'S CHEUNG SHA WAN WJIOLESALE MARKET THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING DISCOVERED ANOTHER SAMPLE OF CABBAGE (CHOI SUM) CONTAINING RELATIVELY HIGH LEVEL OF PESTICIDE RESIDUES.

UP TO 11.00 AM A TOTAL OF 45 SAMPLES OF VEGETABLES WERE TESTED, AND THE BAD SAMPLE WAS TAKEN FROM VEGETABLES IMPORTED FROM SHENZHEN, CHINA.

THEY

THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH WAS IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED AND WOULD ARRANGE FOR FOLLOW-UP ANALYSIS TO BE CONDUCTED GOVERNMENT LABORATORY.

BY

VERY FLOWERING

MARKET STAFF ALSO NOTIFIED THE WHOLESALER, WHO WAS CO-OPERATIVE AND VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERED HIS CONSIGNMENT OF CABBAGE, WEIGHING 550 KG, FOR DESTRUCTION.

THE NEW MONITORING SYSTEM WAS IMPLEMENTED YESTERDAY.

FLOWERING

ON THE FIRST DAY OF ITS OPERATION, ONE SAMPLE OF CABBAGE FROM SHENZHEN, WAS FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED WITH PESTICIDE RESIDUES.

THE CONSIGNMENT OF 30 KG WAS SURRENDERED BY THE WHOLESALER DESTRUCTION.

FOR

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