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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1993

190 PERSONS THIRTY-FOUR INCIDENTS OF FOOD POISONING INVOLVING

SHOWED THAT

WERE EIGHT

DOMESTI INVESTIGATIONS WERE REPORTED. OUTBREAKS AND 26 WERE FOOD-PRENISĖS OUTBREAKS..

POISONING OUTBREAK THE REASON FOR AN EMCREASED NUMBER OF FOOD

OF FOOD PREMISES

IMPROPER MANAGEMENT WAS DUE 70 OCCURRED IN PARTICULAR RESTAURANT IN WAN CHAT.

THAT INCIDENT

IMOLVED

115

PERSONS RESULTING

SUSPENSION OF WORK OF A FOOD WORKER AND PROSECUTION OF THE OWNER.

IN

IMMEDIATE RESTAURANT

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CHINA, HK AND MACAU REVIEW DRUG ABUSE MATTERS

ABUSE HELD

THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR ALASDAIR SINCLAIR, TODAY

DEPARTED FOR MACAU TO ATTEND A MEETING ON DRUG AMONG CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU,

(TUESDAY}

· DEMAND

SITUATION IN FOUR-DAY MEETING WILL REVIEW THE DRUG ABUSE THE THE THREE JURISDICTIONS AND THEIR PROGRAMMES FOR REDUCING THE FOR ILLICIT DRUGS.

HONG

"DEMAND NAMED KONG AND MACAU", COLLABORATION.

REDUCTION PROGRAMMES FOR BRUG ABUSE IN IT WIL ALSO FXPLORE THE PROSPECTS

CHINA,

FOR

FUTURE

IS "THIS

HEALTH

VIEWS MR

AN ANNUAL FVENT SPONSORED BY THE WORLD ORGANISATION. IT PROVIDES A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE AND SHARE PAPERIENCE ON THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DRUG ABUSE, SINCLAIR SAID.

LAST YEAR, A SIMILAR MEETING WAS HELD IN BEIJING AND THERE WAS ONE IN HONG KONG THE YEAR BEFORE.

"DRUG ABUSE AFFECTS US ALL. BY LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER. WE CAN HOPE TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR PROGRAMMES," HE SAID.

OFFICIALS TAKING PART THIS YEAR COME GUANGDONG, GUANGXI, GUIZHOU, YUNNAN AND GANS.

NATIONS

CHINESE

FROM BEIJING,

OTHER PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE UNITED

THE WORLD DRUG CONTROL PROGRAMME AND INTERNATIONAL

HEALTH

ORGANISATION.

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REPORT ON ELDERLY SERVICES READY NEXT AUGUST

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THE WORKING GROUP ON SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY WILL CONCLUDE ITS DELIBERATIONS AND WILL REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR BY AUGI ST' NEXT YEAR, THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARI, MR JAN STRACHAN, SAIE TODAY (TUESDAY)

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SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS. Y LIANG MEMORIAL HOME FOR THE FLDERLY, YUEN LONG, MR

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STRACHAN SALD THIS WORKING GROUP HAD ALREADY STARTED ITS WORK.

/THE GROUP