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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1986
HIGHER PENALTIES SOUGHT FOR ANTIBIOTICS OFFENCES
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A BILL SEEKING TO RAISE THE LEVEL OF PENALTIES FOR THE UNLAWFUL SALE AND POSSESSION OF ANTIBIOTICS WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE ANTIBIOTICS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, SAID THE MEASURES PROPOSED IN THE BILL WOULD ALSO EXTEND THE TIME LIMIT FOR SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS TO BE COMMENCED FROM SIX MONTHS TO 12 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION OF THE OFFENCE.
+THESE PROPOSALS ARE IN LINE WITH SIMILAR PROVISIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS AND POISONS UNDER THE PHARMACY AND POISONS ORDINANCE,+ MR CHAMBERS SAID.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE BILL, SEEKING TO AMEND SECTION 10 OF THE ANTIBIOTICS ORDINANCE, STEMMED FROM THE SAME CASE AS THE PENALTIES FOR PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY BY UNREGISTERED PERSONS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL 1986, WHICH HE MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE MEETING. THIS CASE INVOLVED THE OPERATOR OF AN ILLEGAL CLINIC.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
TIME RIPE TO BRING POLICY ON ELDERLY UP-TO-DATE
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AS THE PRESENT POLICY FOR THE ELDERLY WAS LAID DOWN NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO IT MAY BE TIME TO UPDATE THE POLICY IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WINDING UP THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON CARE AND SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, MR CHAMBERS SAID THE BASIC GOVERNMENT POLICY ON THE CARE OF THE ELDERLY AS SET OUT IN THE 1979 WHITE PAPER +SOCIAL WELFARE INTO THE 1980'S+ WAS TO PROMOTE THE WELL-BEING OF SENIOR CITIZENS AGED 60 AND OVER BY PROVIDING SERVICES THAT WOULD ENABLE THEM TO RETAIN THE IR SELF-RESPECT AND REMAIN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE AND WHERE NECESSARY TO PROVIDE RESIDENTIAL CARE SUITED TO THE VARYING NEEDS OF THIS AGE GROUP.
/ON FINANCIAL
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