Statement by the Health Division

Further to Press Release No. 759 issued on the 21st May 1999, the Health Division is informed that initiatives to collect Lm56,000 for the purchase of a "pH probe" are still going on.

The Health Division would like to remind the general public that fund-raising by individuals or non-official bodies for governmental projects, needs the permission from the authorities of the department concerned.

In this case, no request was ever made for such fund-raising to the Division and therefore such an initiative does not have the backing of the Division.