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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1981
LAW GOVERNING MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIANS
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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION GOVERNING MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIANS UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS ORDINANCE WILL BE ENACTED DURING THE CURRENT SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR THE HON K.L. THONG, SAID TODAY.
HE SAID THE DRAFT SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION GOVERNING MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNICIANS WAS NOW IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF PREPARATION FOR PRESENTATION TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
DR THONG WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION BY THE HON ALEX WU.
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION GOVERNING THE OTHER THREE PARA-MEDICAL PROFESSIONS -- RADIOGRAPHY, PHYSIOTHERAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WAS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE RESPECTIVE BOARDS AND WILL BE ENACTED AS SOON AS PROPER PROCEDURES ARE COMPLETED.
DR THONG EXPLAINED THE PROCEDURES THROUGH WHICH SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION UNDER THE ORDINANCE IS PROCESSED BEFORE PRESENTING TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
HE SAID GUIDELINES CONCERNING SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION RELEVANT TO A PARTICULAR PARA-MEDICAL PROFESSION WILL FIRST HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED AND DRAFTED BY ITS BOARD AND PUT TO THE SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH FOR DRAFTING APPROVAL.
THE GUIDELINES ARE THEN FORWARDED TO THE LAW DRAFTSMAN WHO WILL TRANSLATE THEM INTO DRAFT LEGISLATION. THE FINAL DRAFT IS RETURNED TO THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AND AGREEMENT BEFORE BEING PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
DR THONG SAID THAT THE SOONER THE BOARDS COMPLETE THEIR WORK, THE EARLIER CAN DRAFT LEGISLATION BE PROCESSED AND TABLED BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
DETERRENT EXTENDED
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THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) APPROVED A MOTION EXTENDING SECTIONS OF THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (AMENDMENT} ORDINANCE 1979 WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE FORFEITURE OF A VESSEL IN CERTA IN CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVING THE CARRIAGE OF EXCESS PASSENGERS.
IN MOVING THE MOTION, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON LEWIS DAVIES SAID THE PROVISIONS WOULD EXPIRE ON DECEMBER 31, 1981 UNLESS THEY WERE EXTENDED BY RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL.
+THESE PROVISIONS, HE SAID, +ARE AN IMPORTANT DETERRENT AND THE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS THAT THEY ARE STILL REQUIRED.+
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