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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1994

VEHICLES

AN AVERAGE OF 8.5 SAMPLES PER DAY ARE COLLECTED FROM FOR FULL LABORATORY TESTS FOR USE AS EVIDENCE IN CASE OF PROSECUTION THE PERCENTAGE OF VEGETABLE OR TO SUPPORT DESTRUCTION OF VEGETABLES. SAMPLES FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED AFTER FULL LABORATORY TESTS IS

A REPRESENTS FOR THE FIRST TEN MONTHS OF 1994. IMPROVEMENT OVER 1.75% IN 1992 AND 0.56% IN 1993.

AT

THIS

HEALTH

0.35%

SUBSTANTIAL

PRESENT,

INSPECTORS THERE

SIX ARE TWO SHIFTS OF

NUMBER OF STATIONED AT MAN KAM TO, PLUS OTHER SUPPORTING STAFF. THE

OF THE TOTAL VEHICLES SUBJECT TO SAMPLING REPRESENTS ROUGHLY 30% OF

DURING PESTICIDE CONTAMINATION NUMBER OF VEHICLES PASSING THROUGH.

NUMBER OF OUTBREAKS, ADDITIONAL STAFF ARE QUICKLY DEPLOYED AND THE VEHICLES SAMPLED INCREASED.

EXCHANGES

THE

BUREAU

APART FROM THESE REGULAR CHECKS, THERE ARE FREQUENT OF INFORMATION AND MEETINGS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND GUANGDONG AND SHENZHEN IMPORT AND EXPORT COMMODITY INSPECTION

THIS HAS LED TO A TAGGING SYSTEM TO CONTROL THE PROBLEM AT SOURCE. FOR VEGETABLE PRODUCE FROM FARMS APPROVED BY THE COMMODITY BUREAU.

IMPORTS ARE ALSO ISSUED THESE

FORMS.

WITH

PESTICIDE

INSPECTION DECLARATION

IN

DEPARTMENT

ADDITION

OF HEALTH

TO

WHOLESALE

RETAIL

THESE RANDOM

A OPERATES VEGETABLE

CHECKS SURVEILLANCE

AT

THERE

MARKETS.

THE

BORDER, THE PROGRAMME AT BOTH IS ALSO REGULAR AND

PATRONISE PUBLICITY то ADVISE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC NOT TO HAWKERS AND TO FOLLOW GOOD FOOD HANDLING PRACTICES, SUCH AS SOAKING AND WASHING OF VEGETABLES.

ILLEGAL

THOROUGH

IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE SHENZHEN AUTHORITIES, WE WILL CONTINUE OF FURTHER то REVIEW CONTROL STRATEGIES IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE RISK OUTBREAKS.

HOTEL ROOMS STUDY FINDINGS OUT BEFORE YEAR END

* * * * *

FOLLOWING IS

A QUESTION BY THE HON MOSES CHENG MO-CHI BY THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, MR GORDON SIU, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

REPLY

AND A

IN THE

QUESTION : AS THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW AIRPORT WILL RESULT IN A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF OVERSEAS VISITORS COMING TO THE TERRITORY, WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL:

(A)

OF THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS BEING PROCESSED BY GOVERNMENT WHICH INVOLVE THE DEMOLITION OF HOTELS MAKE WAY FOR THE BUILDING OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS;

THE

ΤΟ

(B)

(C)

OF THE HOTELS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE, WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF HOTEL ROOMS INVOLVED;

WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT ENVISAGES A SHORTAGE OF HOTEL ROOMS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS;

/(D) WHETHER ANY