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THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1989

REGIONAL SECRETARY VISITS TIN SHUI WAI

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THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR VISITED TIN SHUI WAI TODAY (THURSDAY) TO SEE PROGRESS IN NEW TOWN.

THE REGIONAL SECRETARY WAS JOINED BY THE DIRECTOR (DESIGNATE), MR T.K. BARMA; ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT), MR MIKE ARNOLD; AND YUEN OFFICER, MR ROBIN IP.

ADOLF HSU,

THE FUTURE

OF INDUSTRY INDUSTRY

OF LONG

DISTRICT

THEY FIRST WENT TO SEE THE FLOOD PROTECTION WORKS FOR THE FOUR LOW-LYING VILLAGES OF SIK KONG TSUEN, SIK KONG WAI, LO UK TSUEN AND KIU TAU WAI.

THIS INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF EMBANKMENTS, PONDS AND PUMPS.

THE PARTY LATER TOURED A SITE RESERVED DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN TIN SHUI WAI AND THIS WAS INSPECTION OF LAND FORMATION WORKS IN THE SOUTH.

FLOOD STORAGE

FOR INDUSTRIAL FOLLOWED BY AN

TIN SHUI WAI WILL ULTIMATELY HAVE A POPULATION IN EXCESS 140,000 WITH THE FIRST INTAKE PLANNED FOR LATE 1991 OR EARLY 1992.

OF

FOOD MANUFACTURER AND RETAILER FINED ON LABELLING CHARGES

FOOD FOOD

THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH TODAY (THURSDAY} REMINDED MANUFACTURERS, WHOLESALERS AND RETAILERS NOT TO SELL PREPACKAGED WHICH BEARS NO PROPER LABELLING AS REQUIRED BY THE THIRD SCHEDULE OF THE FOOD AND DRUGS (COMPOSITION AND LABELLING) REGULATIONS (CHAPTER 132) OR THEY WILL BE LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $25,000 AND SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.

THE REMINDER FOLLOWS TWO CASES RECENTLY HEARD MAGISTRACY AND THE NORTH KOWLOON MAGISTRACY.

IN THE CENTRAL

THESE WERE THE FIRST TWO CASES IN WHICH A RETAILER AND A FOOD MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN PROSECUTED AND FINED SINCE THE ABOVE REGULATIONS CAME INTO OPERATION IN AUGUST LAST YEAR.

IN THE FIRST CASE, AN OWNER OF A FOOD FACTORY IN WAN CHAI WAS FINED A TOTAL OF $500 FOR SELLING PREPACKAGED EGG AND SHRIMP SPAWN NOODLES WITH THE PLASTIC BAG NOT MARKED OR LABELLED WITH A LIST OF INGREDIENTS, INDICATION OF MINIMUM DURABILITY AND THE NUMERICAL COUNT OF THE CONTENTS OR THE NET WEIGHT OF THE FOOD.

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