311. Close liaison with the Western Pacific Regional Office of the World Health Organization was maintained. The Director and his advisers visited Hong Kong from time to time for dis- cussions with the Department on World Health Organization projects and fellowships.
312. Consultants from various regions, who were awarded World Health Organization fellowships, visited Hong Kong and were given every assistance by the Department.
313. A list of the visitors is set out below:
(a) Dr. F. J. Dy, Regional Malaria Adviser of the Regional Office for the Western Pacific, visited the Colony from 7th to 22nd May, and 1st to 2nd July 1956 to assess the malaria problem in the Colony and to make recommenda- tions regarding the problem of malaria control in the Colony.
During his stay here, he was shown various areas so that he could see for himself, on the spot, the extent of the infestation and the work being carried out by the Medical Department
(b) Dr. Shi Ryong Choi of the National Veteran's Leprosari- um. Wonju, Korea, and Mr. Moon-won Chin of the Korean Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, arrived in the Colony on 10th May, 1956. Dr. Fraser arranged for them to visit the Hay Ling Chau Leprosarium. (c) Dr. Kanapathypillai Sivam, Port Health Officer in Singa- pore, who had been awarded a three-month World Health Organization Technical Assistance Fellowship to study port health administration and modern quarantine procedure in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Egypt, India, Japan and the Phillipines, visited Hong Kong for a week in September.
(4) Dr. Cha, a Preventive Medical Officer of the Bureau of Health and Social Affairs of Seoul, Korea, allowed for a week's visit to the Colony on 4th August. During his stay, he visited the leprosarium at Hay Ling Chau and clinics where leprous out-patients were treated. (e) Dr. J. R. Snell, a World Health Organization consultant. visited the Culony to study local problema connected with the "Collection, Disposal and Utilization of Organic Wastes".
(f) Dr. Ba Nyun, Port Health Officer at Rangoon, on a World Health Organization Fellowship to study Port Health Administration and quarantine, visited the Colony from 14th to 26th October 1956. He was shown all the Port Health activities including the fumigation of a ship by Hydrogen Cyanide.
(g) Dr. Denis D. Hilton of the Medical Department of Northern Nigeria, was in the Colony as a short-term consultant of the World Health Organization from 15th to 21st November 1956. During his stay he was shown the Hay Ling Chau Leprosarium and other institutions that were of interest to him.
(4) Dr. L. 0. Roberts, Tuberculosis Adviser of the World Health Organization visited Hong Kong from 4th to 9th December 1966, and discussed—
(i) the progress of the domiciliary chemotherapy scheme
for tuberculous patients;
(ii) the progress of the B.C.G. Vaccination Campaign: (iii) leprosy control in Hong Kong.
(0) Dr. James E. Perkins, Director of the National Tuber- culosis Association of the United States of America and President of the National Citizens Committee for World Health Organization, and Dr. Floyd E. Feldman, Medical Director of the National Tuberculosis Association of the United States of America were in Hong Kong from 25th to 28th January. They visited the Government Tuber- culosis Service and were introduced to the officials of the Anti-Tuberculosis Association.
(0) Dr. A. W. A. Brown, biologist of the Division of Environ- mental Sanitation of the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific was in the Colony on the 17th February to investigate the resistance of insects to insecticide.
(k) Dr. D. Y. Yung, Director of the Institute of Environ- mental Sanitation, Taiwan, came to the Colony on A World Health Organization fellowship on 16th March 1957 on a study programme to observe methods and practices of countries in South East Asia and the Western Pacific in Environmental Sanitation.
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