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SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE
Sir, I think this is a
point which will have to be very carefully considered
before a decision is taken to require this particular
It is still under consideration.
process to be adopted.
how
many people were
DR. LAM (in Cantonese) : Sir,
reported to have suffered from adverse effects to their
health because of intake of contaminated seafood in the
past year?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE: Sir, I am told that the
statistics kept by the Medical and Health Department are
not kept in such a way as to enable this figure to be
identified, but the figure is not thought to be large.
DR. CHIU : Sir, will the Secretary for Health and Welfare
please inform this
purification will be
enforced?
Council when compulsory artificial
introduced?
And how can it be
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE : Sir, as I said earlier,
this is a method which is under consideration. It has not
yet been decided by the Secretary for Municipal Services
whether this particular method will be required or not,
it is not possible at this stage to say when it will be
introduced.
not, so