BEIJING, (AFP) - - Supermarkets in Beijing stopped selling eggs from one of 
China's major producers on Wednesday as fears about the toxic chemical melamine 
spread to the Chinese capital.









The retailers acted after Hong Kong health authorities said they had detected 
melamine, which has killed four babies and sickened 53,000 in China, in eggs 
from the Hanwei group.
"We pulled the eggs from the shelves after we heard tests showed another brand 
from the same producer had the problem in Hong Kong," said Han Xiuzhi, a 
manager at BHG supermarket in Shin Kong Place, a department store.
US retail giant Wal-Mart said Tuesday it had pulled Hanwei's eggs from its 
shelves in China, although emphasised it was a precautionary measure and that 
those that had been on sale had not been found to be contaminated.
Hong Kong health authorities reported over the weekend that they had found 
melamine in eggs produced by the Hanwei Group.
The discovery of the tainted eggs has led to mounting fears that melamine may 
have contaminated a larger share of China's food supply than previously thought.
Until the recent development, melamine had been discovered only in dairy 
products or products containing dairy ingredients.
A staff member at the Parkson Shopping Centre's supermarket, also in Beijing, 
confirmed Hanwei eggs were no longer on sale.
"We will not put them back until we receive test reports from the company that 
show the eggs we have do not have the same problems. We are in communication 
with the producer," she said.
Also on Wednesday, officials in northeast China said they were looking into 
reports that eggs from a local company were tainted with the toxic chemical 
melamine, vowing "severe punishment", state media said.
The government of Dalian, a major port city, said contaminated eggs discovered 
in Hong Kong were produced by a local company on September 6, the official 
Xinhua news agency reported.
Xinhua did not name the company, but earlier reports identified it as the 
Hanwei Group.
The melamine scandal has presented China with one of its worst public relations 
headaches ever, sending leaders scrambling to patch up China's image as a maker 
of cheap and relatively reliable goods.
Premier Wen Jiabao pledged over the weekend that China's food exports would 
meet international norms and win the trust of people globally, promising 
lessons would be learnt from the nation's milk scandal.
Wen pledged Chinese food exports would "comply with the standards of importing 
countries," adding China would "seriously draw lessons" from the milk 
contamination scandal.
"We will use our actions and high quality of our food products to win the trust 
and confidence of Chinese people and people around the world," he told 
reporters.
Nevertheless, tainted dairy products continued to flow from China to the 
outside world.
Thailand's Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it had found high levels 
of melamine in chocolate bars smuggled in from China.
In an official statement, the agency said tests showed the Orphic brand of 
chocolate, discovered in a border town market, contained 34.37 milligrams of 
melamine per kilogram -- nearly 14 times the permitted level.
 
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Material for reading : about Cambodia occupied by Vietnam against 10 UN 
resolutions  
 
A YUON RACE OF LIAR :
 
VIETNAM WORDS OF LIES :June 8, 1967 North VN PM Pham Van Dong makes a 
declaration ofrecognizing Cambodian independence, neutrality, sovereignty and 
territorial integrity. The declaration makes in response to Prince Sihanouk’s 
appeal for the recognition and respect of Cambodia’s territorial 
integrity.VIETNAM CRIMES AGAINST CAMBODIA : VIETNAM INVASION OF CAMBODIA 1978.
 Dec. 25, 1978 PM Pham Van Dong launched an invasion of Cambodia. Some100,000 
Vietnamese with 20,000 KUFNS troops, under the direction ofGen.Van Tien Dung, 
launch an invasion of Cambodia.VIETNAM OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA :Under Vietnam 
occupation of Cambodia in 10 years 1979-1989 :Under Le Duc Tho rule alone 
1979-1989 an estimate 460 000 innocentCambodian had died through TORTURE, 
BURIED ALIVE, SIMPLE EXECUTION,  foced labor,famine ,stravation, malnutrition 
and sponsor starvation by theCPP regime recorded by Amnestry international and 
others
...
10 UN RESOLUTIONS CALL VIETNAM TO CEASE HER OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA & REMOVE ALL 
HER TROOPS FROM THE COUNTRY ARE NOT RESPECTED. 
America calls Vietnam to restore Cambodia Independence .President Reagan's 
address to the 43d Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, 
New York . September 26, 1988. "Mr. Secretary-General, there are new hopes for 
Cambodia, a nation whose freedom and independence we seek just as avidly as we 
sought thefreedom and independence of Afghanistan. We urge the rapid removal of 
all Vietnamese troops ...."
 
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