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WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1975
PUBLIC RESPONSE TO CIGARETTE SMOKING REPORT +LACKING+
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PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE REPORT ON CIGARETTE SMOKING PREPARED BY AN AD HOC INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE PUBLISHED IN JUNE 1974 HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY LACKING+, THE HON. LI FOOK-KOW, SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES SAID TODAY.
AS A RESULT OF THIS, HE SAID, THE GOVERNMENT HAD COMMISSIONED A COMMERCIAL FIRM TO UNDERTAKE A SURVEY ON PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS SMOKING.
+ THE RESULTS OF THIS SURVEY ARE STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION BY GOVERNMENT AND IT WOULD THEREFORE BE PRE-MATURE FOR ME TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT A CONTINUOUS CAMPAIGN SHOULD BE CARRIED OUT AGAINST HEAVY CIGARETTE SMOKING AND WHAT RESOURCES ARE REQUIRED TO FACILITATE SUCH A CAMPAIGN,+ MR. LI SAID.
HE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN WHO ASKED IF A CONTINUOUS CAMPAIGN COULD BE CARRIED IT AGAINST HEAVY CIGARETTE SMOKING AS BEING A LIKELY CAUSE OF CANCER,
THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES ADDED THAT THE SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY THE COMMERCIAL FIRM HAD ALSO INDICATED THAT THE PUBLIC PLACED GREAT EMPHASIS ON THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF SCHOOLS AND PARENTS TO EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH SMOKING.
THIS IS THEREFORE A LIKELY AREA OF PRIORITY WHEN THE INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE FRAMES ITS FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO. GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.
WIDER POWERS PROPOSED FOR CATHOLIC BISHOP ***** *
THE BISHOP OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN HONG KONG IS TO BE GIVEN WIDER POWERS TO ACQUIRE OR DISPOSE OF PROPERTY AND TO INVEST FUNDS.
THIS IS PROVIDED IN DRAFT NEW LEGISLATION AND IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT PRACTICE OF ALLOWING SUCH INSTITUTIONS TO EXERCISE GREATER DISCRETION IN THE DISPOSITION OF THEIR ASSETS.
THE BILL, KNOWN AS THE BISHOP OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN HONG KONG INCORPORATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, GENERALLY AIMS AT UPDATING THE EXISTING ORDINANCE ENACTED IN 1895.
THE AMENDMENT WAS MOVED IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY BY THE HON. ROGER LOBO. DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADICURNED.
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