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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1989

"WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT ALL OUR YOUTH ORGANISATIONS

HE SAID. FLOURISHING WITH LONG WAITING LISTS FOR MOST OF THEM,

ARE

SIR DAVID SAID SPORTS ACTIVITIES WERE ALSO MUCH ENCOURAGED.

ESTABLISHED PROGRAMME OF PROVIDING COMMUNITY

MUNICIPAL THE

COUNCILS PROVIDE MANY OTHER PINE

"WE HAVE AN SPORTS HALLS AND FACILITIES.

"WE ARE

EXCELLENCE AND

COMPETITIONS.

"FOR THOSE

NOW

TAKING

DOING MUCH MORE IN PART VERY

IN TRAINING

IN ACTIVELY

PURSUIT INTERNATIONAL

OF

WHO ARE

ARTISTICALLY GIFTED, WE

ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS WHERE THEY CAN RECEIVE HE SAID.

HAVE THE NOW TRAINING LOCALLY,

WOULD BE VERY WELL AWARE SIR DAVID SAID THAT ALL DELEGATES

EXPERIENCE WAS INVALUABLE, THAT CROSS-CULTURAL EXCHANGE OF

AND HE AND VOLUNTARY CONGRATULATED THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCIES PARTICIPATING FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.

TAKING THE

INITIATIVE

TO

ORGANISE THE

TO SEE MORE THAN 280 WERE ATTENDING THE

SIR DAVID ADDED THAT HE WAS DELIGHTED DELEGATES FROM 19 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES CONFERENCE.

WARNING AFTER MEDICINE FOUND TO CONTAIN PART 1 POISONS

* * * *

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TODAY (MONDAY) WARNED THE PUBLIC NOT TO TAKE A CHINESE MEDICINE SOLD UNDER THE BRAND NAME "NAN LIEN CHUIFONG TOUKUWAN" AFTER IT WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN PART 1 POISONS.

THIS FOLLOWS A JOINT OPERATION BY OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS INVESTIGATION BRANCH AND PHARMACISTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH LAST WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 29) DURING WHICH ABOUT $2.2 MILLION WORTH OF SUCH MEDICINE WAS SEIZED.

THE MEDICINE, COMPRISING 1.6 MILLION PILLS, 33,000 PLASTERS AND 83 KILOGRAMS OF SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS. WAS SEIZED WHEN OFFICERS RAIDED A CHINESE MEDICINE MANUFACTORY IN CHAI WAN.

UPON PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS BY THE GOVERNMENT CHEMIST. THE CHINESE MEDICINE WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN MEFENAMIC ACID AND DIAZEPAM, BOTH PART 1 POISONS.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WARNED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THE MEDICINE. IF TAKEN WITHOUT A PRESCRIPTION. COULD CAUSE DROWSINESS, DIZZINESS, HEADACHE,

GASTRO-INTESTINAL BLEEDING. HAEMOLYTIC ANAEMIA,

PEPTIC

ULCERATION, CONFUSION AND DRUG

DEPENDENCE.

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