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As regards education for Vietnamese children, the spokesman said that pre- school and primary education for VMs and VRs are provided by NGOs working under the auspices of UNHCR.
"The Hong Kong Government has since September 1996 also undertaken to fund secondary education in the camps. An NGO has been commissioned to co- ordinate the provision of the service.
"Secondary level classes are offered to students. The Government provides accommodation, furniture, stationery, textbooks and sports equipment for students," he
said.
The spokesman said that at present, there remained about 2,500 VMs awaiting clearance by Vietnam.
We shall "It is incorrect to say that Vietnam has rejected them for return. continue to urge the Vietnamese Government to expedite the clearance process so that these people could return home to Vietnam early.
"As regards VRs, we will continue our efforts, through the British Government and the UNHCR, to seek to persuade the international community to resettle the remaining VRs in Hong Kong", the spokesman said.
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Health advice as O157:H7 found in food sample
The Department of Health (DH) called upon the public to cook food thoroughly before consumption to avoid food-borne diseases.
The appeal was made following the recent detection of E.coli O157:H7 bacteria in a raw minced beef sample collected from a retail outlet by the Department of Health in its food surveillance programme.
A spokesman for DH said O157:H7 is a strain of E.coli that is commonly found in intestines of animals and can be associated with undercooked minced beef. Cross contamination of other food can also take place as a result of poor food-handling.
"However, the 0157:H7 strain can be killed at a cooking temperature of around 75 degree Celsius for two to three minutes." the spokesman stressed.
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