XN000022-1991-10-15 — Page 5

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1991

AND

TO

TURNING TO THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FACILITIES THAT WOULD HELP THOSE WITH BRIGHT IDEAS TO BRING THEM FRUITION, HE SAID THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT AND THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT GRANTS WERE NOW ACTIVELY CONSIDERING A SCHEME OF INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH TO BE FUNDED FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND.

"COMPLEMENTING THIS SCHEME IS THE PROPOSAL TO BUILD AN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY CENTRE, MAINLY FOR USE BY COMPANIES WHO REQUIRE SUITABLE ACCOMMODATION, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONVERTING THEIR IDEAS INTO WORTHWHILE MARKETABLE PRODUCTS.

**A SITE IN KOWLOON TONG HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR THIS $438 MILLION FROM THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND HAS BEEN FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION," MR YEUNG SAID.

AND

PROJECT EARMARKED

-

PESTICIDE-CONTAMINATED VEGETABLES

TWO WOMEN IN KOWLOON BECAME ILL TODAY

PESTICIDE-CONTAMINATED CHOT SUM (CHINESE FLOWERING CABBAGE).

(TUESDAY) AFTER EATING

THEY WERE

ADMITTED

TO HOSPITAL

WHERE

THEIR

CONDITION WAS

DESCRIBED AS SATISFACTORY.

THE TWO WOMEN BOUGHT THE VEGETABLES AT MARKETS IN MONG KOK HUNG HOM SEPARATELY.

SINCE THE FIRST CASE OF VEGETABLE-POISONING WAS WEEK, A TOTAL OF 26 PEOPLE FROM 17 FAMILIES HAD BEEN INVOLVED.

THE CONDITION OF TWO OTHER MEN AND A WOMAN TO HOSPITAL EARLIER WAS REPORTED TO BE SATISFACTORY.

WHO WERE ADMITTED

AND

REPORTED LAST

MEANWHILE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH BORDER-CHECKING AND SAMPLING.

CONTINUES ΤΟ TIGHTEN UP

ALI, SAID THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HEALTH (HYGIENE), DR M.B.

OF 287 SAMPLES HAD

FROM BEEN TAKEN UP TO THIS AFTERNOON A TOTAL STREET HAWKERS, MARKET STALLS AND MAN KAM TO FOR EXAMINATION.

OF THE 226 SAMPLES TESTED SO FAR, ONLY TWO FOOD OF FOUND TO HAVE CONTAINED METHAMIDOPHOS. THE RESULTS SAMPLES ARE STILL PENDING.

RAMNANTS WERE THE 61 OTHER

DR ALI REMINDED

BEFORE COOKING.

THE

ΤΟ PUBLIC

WASH

VEGETABLES

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THOROUGHLY