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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1991

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14 MORE TAKEN ILL BATING TAINTED VEGETABLES

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FOURTEEN MORE PEOPLE - BIGHT WOMEN AND SIX MEN BECAME ILL TODAY (THURSDAY) AFTER EATING PESTICIDE-CONTAMINATED CHOI SUM (CHINESE FLOWERING CABBAGE).

ELEVEN OF THEM - SIX WOMEN AND FIVE MEN WERE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AND OBSERVATION. THEY ARE ALL IN CONDITION. THE OTHER THREE WERE TREATED AND DISCHARGED.

ADMITTED TO SATISFACTORY

THEY BOUGHT THE VEGETABLES FROM MARKETS AND STREET HAWKERS IN KOWLOON AND TSUEN WAN.

SINCE THE FIRST CASE OF VEGETABLE-POISONING WAS REPORTED LAST WEEK, 40 PEOPLE FROM 27 FAMILIES HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.

OF THE THREE WHO WERE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL EARLIER THIS WEEK ONE HAD BEEN DISCHARGED. THE CONDITION OF THE OTHER TWO MEN WAS DESCRIBED AS SATISFACTORY.

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HEALTH (HYGIENE), DR M.B. ALI, AGAIN URGED THE PUBLIC TO WASH VEGETABLES THOROUGHLY BEFORE COOKING.

HE ADDED THAT

INTENSIFIED.

BORDER-CHECKING

AND SAMPLING HAD BEEN

UP TO THIS MORNING, A TOTAL OF 583 VEGETABLE SAMPLES HAVË BEEN TAKEN FROM STREET HAWKERS, MARKET STALLS AND MAN KAM TO FOR EXAMINATION.

OF THE 539 SAMPLES TESTED SO FAR, SEVEN, INCLUDING TWO FOOD RAMNANTS, WERE FOUND TO HAVE CONTAINED METHAMIDOPHOS. RESULTS Dk THE OTHER 44 SAMPLES ARE STILL PENDING.

STATEMENT ON GOLF COURSE PROPOSAL ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES ABOUT À PROPOSAL TO BUILD A DOLF COURSE IN SHA LO TUNG, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY

TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT PUBLIC INTEREST WAS FULLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD'S DELIBERATION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND RECOMMENDATION TO THE GOVERNMENT.

THE BOARD ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE IN ENSURING THẤT NHÀ tờ TUNG WILL REMAIN OPEN AND GREEN WITH MORE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND BETTER ACCESS FOR PUBLIC USE.

POINTED THE SPOKESMAN

OUT THAT THOUGH

THE ABOUT HALF OF PROPOSED GOLF COURSE ARRA WILL FALL WITHIN THE COUNTRY PARK BOUNDARIES, ONLY A VERY SMALL AREA OF 0.75 HECTARE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR BUILDING OF VILLAGE HOUSES. IN FACT, MOST OF THE LOW-DENSITY BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPER'S PRIVATE LAND.

WILL BE

LOCATED

PROPOSED WITHIN THE

/IN ENDORSING