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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1992

AS A RESULT, THE ENTIRE BATCH OF KILOGRAMMES, WAS SEIZED AND DESTROYED.

VEGETABLES,

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THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE FINDINGS AND THE NAME OF THE FARM IMPLICATED FOR THEIR NECESSARY ACTIONS.

DR LO SAID THE DETECTION ONCE AGAIN PROVED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.

HE ADDED THAT SO FAR THIS YEAR, ONLY ONE CASE OF FOOD POISONING RESULTING FROM PESTICIDE-CONTAMINATED VEGETABLES WHICH INVOLVED A MAN AND HIS SON HAD BEEN REPORTED.

IN THE MEANTIME, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS TIGHTENED UP CHECKING AND SAMPLING AT THE BORDER CHECKPOINTS.

TO PREVENT FOOD POISONING BY PESTICIDE-CONTAMINATED VEGETABLES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES:

* DON'T BUY VEGETABLES WITH AN OBVIOUS STRANGE SMELL;

* WASH WELL BEFORE COOKING;

* DIP VEGETABLES INTO CLEAN WATER FOR SOME TIME TO ALLOW

PESTICIDES TO LEACH OUT;

* BLANCH IN BOILING WATER AND POUR AWAY THE WATER USED FOR

BLANCHING AS IT MAY CONTAIN DISSOLVED PESTICIDES; AND

* COOK THOROUGHLY BEFORE CONSUMPTION.

DORMITORY ARRANGEMENT FOR VIETNAMESE

VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS IN HEI LING DETENTION CENTRE, NEI KWU DETENTION CENTRE AND GREEN ISLAND RECEPTION CENTRE WILL NOT BE LOCKED INSIDE THEIR DORMITORIES FROM TONIGHT (WEDNESDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID.

CRIME,

IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA ENQUIRIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID HOWEVER NIGHT CURFEW, WHICH HAD PROVED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN CURBING WOULD CONTINUE TO BE ENFORCED AT THOSE CENTRES.

AS AN INTERIM MEASURE, A STAFF MEMBER WILL BE STATIONED THE DORMITORY IN GREEN ISLAND RECEPTION CENTRE. IN NEI KWU, THE OF THE DORMITORIES WILL BE CLOSED BUT NOT LOCKED.

INSIDE DOORS

IN HEI LING, AT THE REQUEST OF THE VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS BOLTS ARE BEING FITTED TO THE DOORS OF THE DORMITORIES TO ALLOW THEM TO LOCK THEMSELVES IN AND TO GET OUT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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