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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1994

SELECT COMMITTEE,

THE

REGIONAL YIN-WAH,

FOOD

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, VICE-CHAIRMAN OF

HYGIENE

MR TING COUNCIL ENVIRONMENTAL POINTED OUT THAT A TOTAL OF 63 FOOD POISONING CASES OCCURRED IN PREMISES IN 1993, AFFECTING 557 PEOPLE.

NOTING THAT MOST FOOD POISONING CASES COULD BE AVOIDED, MR TING SAID THE CHANCE OF FOOD BEING CONTAMINATED BY MICRO-ORGANISMS WOULD BE GREATLY REDUCED IF PEOPLE IN THE FOOD TRADE COULD FOOD, ENVIRONMENTAL FOOD.

AND PERSONAL HYGIENE IN

THE

STRICTLY OBSERVE MANUFACTURING OF

WILL

DURING THE CAMPAIGN, TWO SEPARATE SEMINARS ORGANISED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.

THE TWO

MR TING HOPED THAT THE TEACHERS ATTENDING WOULD CONVEY THE KNOWLEDGE OF FOOD HYGIENE TO THEIR STUDENTS.

ALSO BE PRIMARY

SEMINARS

A CHIEF HAZARD

EACH FOOD HYGIENE SEMINAR WILL CONSIST OF A TALK BY HEALTH INSPECTOR, A FILM SHOW AND A DISCUSSION SESSION ON THE ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL CONTROL POINT CONCEPT AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION.

-

TAPED WILL LAST

IN ADDITION, A 24-HOUR HOTLINE - 723 0013 WILL PROVIDE MESSAGES ON

FOOD SAFETY DURING THE CAMPAIGN PERIOD WHICH UNTIL THE END OF AUGUST.

CALLERS CAN LEAVE THEIR QUESTIONS AND TELEPHONE THE HOTLINE. STAFF OF THE HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT WILL CALL BACK.

FURTHERMORE, MOBILE BROADCASTING TEAMS OF THE

то

MESSAGES HYGIENE

DEPLOYED TERRITORY.

DISSEMINATE FOOD

NUMBERS WITH

UNIT WILL BE THROUGHOUT

THE

CAN

PRINTED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS SUCH AS LEAFLETS AND POSTERS

AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SERVICES AND REGIONAL

URBAN

BE OBTAINED FREE FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICES HYGIENE OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENTS.

MAY AIR QUALITY REPORT

* * *

THE ENVIRONMENTAL

PROTECTION DEPARTMENT

RELEASED AIR QUALITY INFORMATION FOR LAST MONTH.

FOR THE

DEPARTMENT

SAID

TODAY

(WEDNESDAY)

THE PURPOSE

OF

THE

A SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED OF THE AIR QUALITY LEVELS IN THE TERRITORY AND TO EXPLAIN THE MEASUREMENTS.

THE

CONTAINS MONITORING RESULTS FROM ANNOUNCEMENT

THESE LOCATIONS ARE TYPICAL OF CENTRAL/WESTERN AND KWAI CHUNG. OF THE IMPORTANT LAND USE TYPES FOUND IN THE TERRITORY :

MONG

кок,

THREE

* LOCATIONS CLOSE TO ROAD TRAFFIC IN BUILT-UP URBAN AREAS; * COMBINED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS; AND

* DISTRICTS CLOSE TO INDUSTRIAL AREAS.

/THE DEPARTMENT

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