WENESDAY, OCTOBER 2,
1991
AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR JOHN 1SANG, SAID: "IT IS REGRETTABLE THAT THE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES HAVE DECIDED ΤΟ IMPOSE ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON HONG KONG DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEIR INVESTIGATION ON COMPANIES WHICH RESPONDED TO Tile QUESTIONNAIRE HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT THESE COMPANIES HAVE NOT ENGAGED PRACTICES.
HONG
"THE TRADE DEPARTMENT WOULD EXAMINE DETAIL AND DISCUSS WITH THE AFFECTED DECIDING WHATEVER FURTHER REPRESENTATIONS MEXICAN AUTHORITIES, HE SAID.
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IN
DUMPING
THE FINAL RESOLUTION IN KONG
TO COMPANIES PRIOR WOULD BE MADE TO THE
STATEMENT ON 'TAINTED GRAPES'
IN RESPONSE то PRESS ENQUIRIES, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
"IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT REPORTS OF PESTICIDE-TAINTED CALIFORNIA GRAPES IN TAIWAN, THE DEPARTMENT HAS STEPPED UP THE EXAMINATION OF GRAPES FROM THE UNITED STATES.
"FIVE DIFFERENT BATCHES OF CALIFORNIA GRAPES HAVE BEEN TESTED AND NO RESIDUES OF THE PESTICIDES CAPTAN, CARBARYL AND CAPTAFOL HAVB BEEN FOUND.
"THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HEALTH (HYGIENE), DR M.B. ALI, THE DEPARTMENT WOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY.
SAID
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PROPRIETOR FINED FOR UNSAFE WORK PRACTICE
INDUSTRIAL PROPRIETORS MAY HAVE TO PAY DEARLY FOR FAILURE TO MEET THEIR GENERAL DUTY IN ENSURING THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF THEIR WORKERS.
THE REMINDER CAME IN THE WAKE OF A RECENT, FIRST-EVER CONVICTION OF AN EMPLOYER PROSECUTED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT FOR NEGLECTING HIS GENERAL DUTY FOR SAFETY AT WORK UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (F & IU) ORDINANCE.
PERSONS WERE
IN A FATAL ACCIDENT LAST FEBRUARY, TWO
HIT AND KILLED BY COLLAPSING TIMBER BATTENS STACKED UP AT THE WING SING TIMBER COMPANY IN SHEUNG SHUI.
AS THE COMPANY'S PROPRIETOR HAD NOT ADOPTED ANY SAFE METHOD IN STACKING TIMBER IN HIS SAWMILL, HE WAS PROSECUTED UNDER THE GENERAL DUTIES PROVISIONS OF THE F & IU ORDINANCE AND WAS FINED $20,000 FANLING MAGISTRATE.
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