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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1993

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"ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO PINPOINT THE EXACT EFFECT STAMP DUTY PROVISIONS ON CURBING SPECULATION, THERE IS CONSIDERABLE RISK THAT SPECULATION MIGHT BECOME RIFE AGAIN ΤΟ DETRIMENT OF GENUINE HOME-BUYERS IF THOSE PROVISIONS WERE NOT EXTENDED BEYOND MIDNIGHT ON DECEMBER 31.

"THE RESOLUTION THEREFORE SEEKS THE CONTINUATION OF A MEASURE WHICH HAS SERVED AS A USEFUL TOOL TO TACKLE AND CONTAIN SPECULATION WHILST NOT AFFECTING GENUINE HOME-BUYERS, HE SAID.

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CALL TO WASH VEGETABLES THOROUGHLY

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE TODAY (FRIDAY)

URGED TO WASH AND

BLANCH VEGETABLES THOROUGHLY BEFORE COOKING.

THE APPEAL WAS MADE BY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HEALTH (HYGIENE), DR MAHOMMED ALI, FOLLOWING REPORTS RECEIVED THIS AFTERNOON OF FOOD POISONING RELATED TO PESTICIDE-CONTAMINATED CHOI SUM AND PAK CHOI BOUGHT FROM TAI PO TEMPORARY MARKET.

INITIAL INVESTIGATIONS SHOWED THAT THE CONTAMINATED CAME FROM THE WHOLESALE MARKET IN LUEN WO HUI, FANLING.

VEGETABLES

THE RECENT OUTBREAKS AFFECTED 19 PERSONS FROM FOUR FAMILIES AND ALL OF THEM HAD BEEN TREATED AND DISCHARGED.

то PREVENT POISONING BY PESTICIDE-CONTAMINATED VEGETABLES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ADVISED TO TAKE THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONS:

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

* WASH WELL BEFORE COOKING;

* DIP VEGETABLES INTO CLEAN WATER FOR SOME TIME ΤΟ ALLOW

PESTICIDES TO LEACH OUT;

* BLANCH IN BOILING WATER AND POUR AWAY THE WATER USED AS IT

MAY CONTAIN DISSOLVED PESTICIDES; AND

* COOK THOROUGHLY BEFORE CONSUMPTION.

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