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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1980
THE HON ANGUS OGILVY VISITS RADIOLOGY INSTITUTE
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THE HON ANGUS OGILVY THIS (FRIDAY) AFTERNOON PAID A VISIT TO THE INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL WHILE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA WAS TOURING THE PAEDIATRIC WARD AT PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL.
MR OGILVY, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND, WAS INTERESTED IN THE CANCER RESEARCH WORK CARRIED OUT IN THE INSTITUTE. HE WAS SHOWN AROUND BY THE CONSULTANT IN CHARGE, DR H.C. HO.
THE INSTITUTE, ESTABLISHED IN 1964, PROVIDES FACILITIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER AND CARRIES OUT RESEARCH ON
IMPROVEMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT TECHNIQUES OF THE DISEASE. IT COMPRISES THREE MAIN DIVISIONS - RADIODIAGNOSTIC, RADIOTHERAPY AND RADIATION PHYSICS.
IN COLLABORATION WITH MANITOBA INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOLOGY AND THE CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE OF FRANCE THE INSTITUTE IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN THE STUDY OF NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA, A TUMOUR DEVELOPING BEHIND THE NOSE COMMONLY FOUND IN THE SOUTHERN CHINESE THAN IN OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS.
RESEARCH ON LUNG CANCER IS ALSO BEING CARRIED OUT. THIS DISEASE ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 25 PER CENT OF DEATHS FROM CANCER
IN HONG KONG.
THE INSTITUTE IS ALSO CONDUCTING TESTS FOR VOLATILE NITROSAMINES IN TRADITIONAL CHINESE PRESERVED FOOD PRODUCTS WHICH MAY BE RISK FACTORS IN LIVER AND OESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA.
EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) BILL 1980 GAZETTED
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A BILL SEEKING TO TRANSFER THE REGULATIONS COVERING THE GENERAL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS FROM THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE TO THE EMPLOYMENT ORDINANCE WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE TRANSFER INVOLVES NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE EXISTING REGULATIONS.
THE MOVE WILL LEAVE THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE TO CONCENTRATE ON MATTERS CONCERNING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF WORKERS.
THE BILL KNOWN AS THE EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) BILL 1980 IS SCHEDULED TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NEXT WEDNESDAY.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE GENERALLY IN LINE WITH EXISTING PROVISIONS IN THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE.
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