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munization against any other specified diseases will henceforth fall on persons engaged in any food business. (b) It will be an offence for proprietors of food businesses to employ persons who have not been so vaccinated, inoculated or otherwise immunized.
As the law stands at present, an employee of a food business is not required to produce any proof that he has been vaccinated, inoculated or immunized against the above diseases, nor are the proprietors of food businesses responsible in any way for ensuring that their employees have been so immunized. The amendments now proposed are considered necessary, particularly in view of the continued presence of cholera in South East Asia.
I beg to move.
MR. H. CHEONG-LEEN:-Mr. Chairman, I rise to second the motion moved by Mr. FUNG Hon-chu. As Members will recall, we have recently had bad cases of cholera infection emanating from restaurants in Kowloon. As the Vice-Chairman has said recently, cholera is now endemic in Hong Kong and it does seem necessary therefore that we tighten the Food By-laws in regard to protection given to food premises employees against cholera, the enteric group of fevers or any of the specified diseases. The amendments which have been proposed by the Chairman of the Food and Food Premises Select Committee will in fact put the onus for vaccination, inoculation, or immunization, whichever the case may be, on to the employer or the proprietor of the food premises. I think this is a reasonable, added safeguard in the interests of public health and I am sure that Members will want to support the motion, which has been moved by Mr. FUNG.
The question was put.
The motion was carried.
ADJOURNMENT — 6.14 P.M.
CHAIRMAN:-That concludes the business of this meeting. Council stands adjourned until Tuesday, 6th October, 1964.
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OFFICIAL RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS.
Meeting of 6th October, 1964 · - 4.08 P.M.
PRESENT:
THE CHAIRMAN, URBAN COUNCIL, THE HONOURABLE K. S. KINGHORN
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES,
VICE-CHAIRMAN,
DR. A. H. R. COOMBES, M.B.E.
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE HONOURABLE J. J. ROBSON (Acting)
THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE,
MR. D. W. B. BARON
THE COMMISSIONER FOR RESETTLEMENT, MR. D. C. BARTY, O.B.E.
MR. B. A. BERNACCHI, Q.C.
DR. R. H. S. LEE, O.B.E.
MR. LI YIU-BOR
DR. P. F. WOO
MR. H. CHEONG-LEEN
THE HONOURABLE K. A. WATSON, O.B.E.
MR. J. L. MARDEN
THE HONOURABLE FUNG HON-CHU
MR. WILFRED S. B. WONG
MR. WILSON T. S. WANG
MR. CHEUNG WING-IN
MRS. E. ELLIOTT
MR. SOLOMON RAFEEK, B.E.M.
THE SECRETARY, URBAN COUNCIL,
MR. T. S. D. WHITLEY, I.S.O.
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY, URBAN COUNCIL, MR. R. THOMPSON
ABSENT:
THE SECRETARY FOR CHINESE AFFAIRS, THE HONOURABLE J. C. McDOUALL
MR. A. de O. SALES, O.B.E.
MR. K. S. LO
MRS. ELLEN LI SHU-PUI, O.B.E.
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