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+1 AM ALSO GLAD TO SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF AN INDEPENDENT PHARMACY AND POISONS APPEAL TRIBUNAL, HE SAID.
+THE INTERMEDIATE APPEAL BODY, PROVIDING THE NECESSARY LEGAL, SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE, WILL BE WELCOMED BY THE TRADE IN THAT IT WILL EXPEDITE THE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS FOR LICENCES AND, IN THE EVENT OF APPEAL. OBVIATE THE NEED TO TAKE THE MATTER TO THE HIGH COURT WHICH IS BOTH TIME-CONSUMING AND EXPENSIVE, HE ADDED.
HERBALISTS PROHIBITED FROM ADVERTISING SOME CURES ******
HERBALISTS ARE PROHIBITED FROM ADVERTISING THE TREATMENT
AND CURE OF THE DISEASES AND AILMENTS SPECIFIED IN THE UNDESIRABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS ORDINANCE, THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL THE HON JOHN GRIFFITHS SAID IN THE LÉGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM DR THE HON HARRY FANG, MR GRIFFITHS POINTED OUT THAT HERBALISTS ARE ALSO PROHIBITED FROM ADVERTISING THEMSELVES AS BEING QUALIFIED, COMPETENT OR WILLING TO UNDERTAKE THE TREATMENT OF EYE DISEASES.
HOWEVER, HE SAID THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION ORDINANCE ACKNOWLEDGES THE RIGHT OF A CHINESE TO PRACTISE MEDICINE OR SURGERY ACCORDING TO PURELY CHINESE METHODS.
THERE WERE NO PROVISIONS, HE SAID, FOR LICENSING, REGISTRATION EXAMINATIONS OR OTHER CONTROLS, EXCEPT IN CHARACTERS USED IN DESCRIPTIONS.
NEW SCALE ON BEER DUTY
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CERTAIN NEW BREWING PRACTICES CAN NOW BE USED IN HONG KONG BECAUSE OF THE ENACTMENT OF THE DUTIABLE COMMODITIES (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1980 PASSED ON JULY 9, THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON D.G. JEAFFRESON, SAID AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THESE INCLUDE THE DILUTION PROCESS WHICH, IF USED, WOULD MEAN THE GOVERNMENT LOSING REVENUE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, MR JEAFFRESON SAID IN MOVING A RESOLUTION ON A NEW SCALE OF DUTY FOR BEER.
MR JEAFFRESON EXPLAINED THAT UNDER THE PRESENT LAW, DUTY WAS PAYABLE AT A FIXED RATE PER GALLON PROVIDED THE GRAVITY DID NOT EXCEED 1 055 DEGREES, ABOVE WHICH THERE WAS A GRADUATED SCALE.
THE DUTY, HE ADDED, WAS ASSESSED ON THE WORTS BEFORE FERMENTATION TOOK PLACE.
HE SAID