Update on freshwater fish test results
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    Results of eight more samples of freshwater fish were available today (August 29). All of them were local samples and were found to be free of malachite green, a spokesman for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said.

     To date, the number of freshwater fish samples taken for malachite green testing since August 20 is 104, with 15 samples found to be positive.


Ends/Monday, August 29, 2005
Issued at HKT 17:50

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