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MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1994

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FOOD POISONING CASES DUE TO BACTERIAL CAUSES OCCURRED BECAUSE OF IMPROPER HANDLING, PREPARATION AND STORAGE OF FOOD.

MAINLY

THE 15 CASES OF PESTICIDE-TAINTED VEGETABLE POISONING INVOLVED AMONG 15 CONSUMPTION OF WHITE CABBAGE AND CHINESE FLOWERING CABBAGE.

WERE CASES OF BIOTOXIN POISONING, NINE WERE CIGUATERA POISONING, FIVE PARALYTIC SHELLFISH POISONING AND ONE WAS PUFFER FISH POISONING.

FOOD

MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF FOOD POISONING WERE DOMESTIC OUTBREAKS.

AND THE PUBLIC IS REMINDED THAT STRICT PERSONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE MUST BE OBSERVED WHEN PREPARING FOOD AT HOME.

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HK AND WORLD BANK/IMF SIGN MEMORANDUM

TODAY

HONG KONG AND THE WORLD BANK/INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

ON

SERVICES SIGNED (MONDAY)

A MEMORANDUM FACILITIES FOR THE WORLD BANK/IMF ANNUAL MEETINGS TO BE HELD KONG IN 1997.

(IMF)

PROVIDING

AND

IN HONG

THE

YAM

WAS SIGNED THE MEMORANDUM

IN MADRID BETWEEN HONG KONG REPRESENTED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR HAMISH MACLEOD, AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY, MR JOSEPH AND THE WORLD BANK/IMF SECRETARIES.

THE MEMORANDUM ON THE PROVISION OF SERVICES AND FACILITIES SETS AND OUT IN DETAIL HONG KONG'S OBLIGATIONS IN PROVIDING SUCH SERVICES FACILITIES AS MEETING ROOMS AND FACILITIES, TEMPORARY OFFICES, ACCOMMODATION AND LOCAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICE.

SIR

HONG

HOTEL

HAMISH

ΤΟ SAID

KONG WAS COMMITTED

SUCCESSFULLY THE WORLD BANK/IMF IN HONG ORGANISING THE 1997 ANNUAL MEETINGS OF KONG.

EVENT IN HONG KONG SOON "THE STAGING OF SUCH A PRESTIGIOUS

ВЕ A TIMELY AFFIRMATION OF AFTER THE TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGNTY WILL

AN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL HONG KONG'S CONTINUING STATUS AS

WILL 1997 AND

BE AFTER

GOOD FOR THE CONTINUED STABILITY PROSPERITY OF THE TERRITORY," HE SAID.

CENTRE AND

A STEERING COMMITTEE то

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY IS CHAIRING OVERSEE THE OVERALL PLANNING OF THIS IMPORTANT EVENT.

COMPRISING

IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WILL ALSO SET UP FROM REPRESENTATIVES

ΤΟ DEAL WITH

WHICH AUTHORITY, THE HONG KONG MONETARY CO-ORDINATING THE PLANNING WORK FOR THE MEETINGS, COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS, VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE PLANNING WORK.

AND ORGANISATIONS,

SIR HAMISH AND MR YAM ARE IN MADRID ATTENDING THE 1994 MEETINGS OF THE WORLD BANK/IMF.

MR YAM IS ALSO LEADING A TEAM TO ANNUAL MEETINGS OF THE WORLD BANK/IMF.

ANNUAL

STUDY THE ARRANGEMENTS

FOR

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