Fulbright HK Scholar Program award results out

The Fulbright Hong Kong Scholar Program announced that eight doctoral candidates and three scholars from Hong Kong universities had won annual awards which would allow them to conduct research in the United States in 2008 - 2009.

This program is backed by grants from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council of the HKSAR, Citi, Wing On (Intl) Holdings, Computime, Northwest Airlines, the American Chamber of Commerce Charitable Foundation, and the US Consulate General in HK.

99.7% of food passes safety tests

The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) tested 8,400 food samples in March-April with an overall pass rate of 99.7 percent. Only 29 failed the tests.

CFS Assistant Director (Food Surveillance & Control) Miranda Lee said yesterday most of the breaches were not serious and would not cause immediate health risks.

Lee said three were vegetable or fruits, seven were meat or poultry, five were aquatic products, three were milk, milk products or frozen confections, six were cereals, grains or cereal products, and five were other food commodities.

8 arrested for selling illegal game consoles

Customs officers have arrested eight people for selling modified game consoles which allow customers to play pirated games. They seized 29 consoles with circumvention devices and accessories, worth about HK$110,000.

The officers raided seven shops in Wan Chai, Sham Shui Po, Fanling and Tuen Mun on Wednesday and arrested a woman and seven men aged 19 to 46, including three shop owners.

The maximum penalty for the offence is a fine of HK$500,000 and four years in prison.

Live chicken imports to rise for Tuen Ng Festival

The import quota of live mainland chickens will be raised June 3-6 to meet the surge in demand for the Tuen Ng Festival, the Food & Health Bureau said.

The daily wholesale import limit would rise from 20,000 to 50,000. The additional live chickens would be available at retail outlets June 4-7.

The move will be suspended immediately if there are avian flu infections in poultry or people in Guangdong or Hong Kong during the period.

China Daily

(HK Edition 05/30/2008 page1)