THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 12, 1932.
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The Honourable Commander GEORGE FRANCIS HOLE, R.N. (Retired), (Harbour Master). Dr. ARTHUR ROBARTES WELLINGTON, (Director of Medical and Sanitary
Services).
Sir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, Kt., K.C.
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Mr. WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON.
Mr. ROBERT HORMUS KOTEWALL, C.M.G., LL.D.
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Mr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, O.B.E., LL.D.
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Mr. José PEDRO BRAGA.
Mr. CHARLES GORDON STEWART MACKIE.
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Mr. JOHN JOHNSTONE PATERSON,
Mr. CHAU TSUN-NIN.
Mr. ROLAND ARTHUR CHARLES NORTH, (Deputy Clerk of Councils).
1. The Council met pursuant to adjournment. His Excellency the Governor
occupied the Chair.
MINUTES.
2. The Minutes of the Meeting held on the 17th December, 1931, were confirmed.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
3. Standing Law Committee.-His Excellency the Governor appointed the follow- ing to be Members of the Standing Law Committee:-The Hon. Attorney General (Chairman), the Hon. Secretary for Chinese Affairs, the Hon. Sir HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, Kt., K.C., the Hon. Mr. WILLIAM EDWARD LEONARD SHENTON, and the Hon. Mr. Ts'o SEEN-WAN, O.B.E, LL.D.
QUESTIONS.
4. The Hon. Mr. J. P. BRAGA, pursuant to notice, asked the following questions:-
1. Will the Honourable the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services kindly inform the Council whether he is satisfied with the adequacy and efficiency of the existing arrangements for water-borne conveyance of infective patients of communicable diseases from the mainland to the Island?
2. If the reply to the first question is in-
(a) the affirmative,
will he explain the failure to secure transportation in the specific case of a patient for whom application for conveyance was made shortly after 8 p.m. on Saturday, the 26th December, and the special launch was not available until 9 10 a.m. on the following day?
(b) the negative,
what special recommendations if any, he proposes to make for supple- menting the present inadequate arrangements for prompt and efficient, transportation of infective patients from Kowloon to Hong Kong?
3. Does the Director of Medical and Sanitary Services consider the present hospital accommodation in Kowloon adequate, in point of buildings and equipment and also of doctors and nursing staff, to cope with any sudden and widespread outbreak of a communicable disease in epidemic form such as is taking place in the Colony at the present time?