TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1980
MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL RURAL COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SCHOOLS, THE POLICE AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR PETER JOHNSON, AND THE NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT POLICE COMMANDER, MR MIKE ILLINGWORTH, ARE PRESIDENTS OF THE COMMITTEE. A LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADER, MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG, HAS BEEN APPOINTED CHAIRMAN.
FOUR SUB-COMMITTEES HAVE ALSO BEEN FORMED AT SHEUNG SHUI, FANLING, SHA TAU KOK AND TA KWU LING. THEY WILL MEET REGULARLY TO DISCUSS THE LOCAL CRIME SITUATION AND RECOMMEND TO THE DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO BEAT IT.
NORTH DISTRICT BECAME A SEPARATE DISTRICT A YEAR AGO.
SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS ORDINANCE
COMES INTO OPERATION
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THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS ORDINANCE WHICH WAS PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON JULY 9 THIS YEAR WILL COME INTO EFFECT TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY), IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY ISSUE OF THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PUBLISHED TODAY.
THE ORDINANCE IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE ADEQUATE STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AMONG THE VARIOUS PARAMEDICAL PROFESSIONS.
THE PARAMEDICALS ARE THOSE OTHER THAN DOCTORS AND DENTISTS WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH THE CARE OF PATIENTS IN THE OPERATION OF HEALTH SERVICES. AMONG THOSE ARE MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIANS, RADIOGRAPHERS, PHYSIOTHERAPISTS, AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT EXCEPT FOR THE PHARMACISTS AND THE NURSING PROFESSION, THERE IS AT PRESENT NO STATUTORY CONTROL OVER PARAMEDICAL PROFESSIONS IN HONG KONG.
→WITH THE ADVANCE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, LABORATORY TESTS AND X-RAY EXAMINATIONS ARE RELIED UPON MORE AND MORE FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASES. SIMILARLY, RADIOTHERAPY, PHYSIOTHERAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ARE OFTEN PRESCRIBED AS PART OF A TREATMENT PROGRAMME. IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTERESTS THAT SUCH TESTS AND TREATMENT SHOULD BE CONDUCTED UNDER PROFESSIONAL SUPERVISION AND GUIDANCE, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR THE REGISTRATION AND DISCIPLINE OF THE PROFESSIONS, THE ISSUE OF PRACTISING CERTIFICATES AND CODES OF PRACTICE.
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