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Three distinctions, 27 credits and 87 passes were obtained. They performed best in Principles of Accounts and did well in Mathematics.

The majority of inmates who sat for this year's HKCEE were form Pik Uk Correctional Institution, the rest were from Lai King Training Centre, Cape Collision Correctional Institution, Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre, Stanley Prison, Shek Pik Prison and Tung Tau Correctional Institution.

A spokesman for the Correctional Services Department said: "It is the department's policy to encourage and to assist inmates to sit for the HKCEE and other public examinations.

"Since 1985, some 288 inmates have been arranged to sit for HKCEE and the pass rate is always encouraging although it varies each year. However, the number of inmates who sat for this year's HKCEE is the highest as compared with previous. years."

End/Tuesday, August 8, 1995

Prepare vegetables with care

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Members of the public are today (Tuesday) urged to take special precaution when preparing vegetable dishes.

The appeal was made by the Assistant Director of Health, Dr Leung Pak-yin, following the past few weeks of heavy rainfall.

Dr Leung said past experience had indicated that the likelihood of leafy vegetables with excessive pesticides being imported into Hong Kong would increase following periods of inclement weather.

He said the Department of Health has stepped up checking and sampling at Man Kam To and retail outlets.

To reduce food poisoning by pesticide contaminated vegetables, members of the public are advised to take the following precautionary measures:

do not patronise unlicensed hawkers;

do not buy vegetables with an obvious strange smell;