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MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1994

DR LAM SAID: "PATIENTS MAY DEVELOP SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS IN A FEW HOURS AFTER TAKING PESTICIDE-CONTAMINATED VEGETABLES.

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"THEY MAY HAVE VOMITING, DIARRHOEA, ABDOMINAL

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DIZZINESS AND NUMBNESS," HE SAID.

PAIN, NAUSEA,

FROM DR LAM SAID ANYONE WHO SUSPECTED HIMSELF TO BE SUFFERING

MEDICAL TREATMENT AT AGRICULTURAL

POISONING SHOULD SEEK PESTICIDE

ONCE.

FOLLOWING MEASURES TO

HE REMINDED RESIDENTS TO OBSERVE THE PREVENT POISONING BY PESTICIDE-CONTAMINATED VEGETABLES:

* DO NOT PATRONISE ILLEGAL HAWKERS;

*

DO NOT BUY VEGETABLES WITH AN OBVIOUS STRANGE SMELL;

WASH WELL BEFORE COOKING;

*

DIP VEGETABLES INTO WATER FOR SOME TIME TO

TO LEACH OUT;

ALLOW PESTICIDE

BLANCH IN BOILING WATER AND POUR AWAY THE WATER USED MAY CONTAIN DISSOLVED PESTICIDES; AND

AS IT

*

COOK THOROUGHLY BEFORE CONSUMPTION.

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PROVISIONAL RESULTS OF RETAIL SALES

SURVEY FOR AUGUST RELEASED

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THE VALUE OF TOTAL RETAIL SALES IN AUGUST 1994, ESTIMATED $17.4 BILLION, INCREASED BY 9% WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1993, ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

AFTER DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES OVER THE TOTAL RETAIL SALES ROSE BY 2% IN VOLUME TERMS IN AUGUST 1994 YEAR EARLIER.

AND

PERIOD,

OVER

GROWTH

THE INCREASE IN AUGUST 1994 WAS MAINLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO IN SPENDING ON CLOTHING AND FOOTWEAR. SALES OF THESE ITEMS INCREASED BY 24% IN VALUE AND 13% IN VOLUME.

INCREASES WERE ALSO. RECORDED IN THE SALES OF JEWELLERY AND WATCHES (12% IN VALUE AND 13% IN VOLUME); FUELS (12% IN VALUE AND 6% IN VOLUME); AND SUPERMARKETS (9% IN VALUE AND 1% IN VOLUME).

SALES IN DEPARTMENT STORES AND SALES OF FOODSTUFFS, DRINKS AND TOBACCO BOTH INCREASED BY 4% IN VALUE. HOWEVER, TERMS, THEY REGISTERED A DROP OF 3% AND 9% RESPECTIVELY.

ALCOHOLIC

IN

VOLUME

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