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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1987
"SUCH CONSIDERATION BY THE COURTS WILL BE CONDUCIVE ΤΟ BOOSTING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE JUDICIARY, RESULTING IN A GREATER RESPECT FOR AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW BY THE PUBLIC,
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HE ADDED.
FINALLY, DR HO SAID THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, BEING THE PRINCIPAL LAW OFFICER AND RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL PROSECUTIONS IN HONG KONG, SHOULD TAKE HEED OF THE PUBLIC VIEW QN THE SENTENCING PATTERNS AND THE LEVELS OF PENALTY AND TO HELP CONVEY THIS PUBLIC CONCERN ΤΟ THR JUDICIARY.
CONTROL ON CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE URGED
THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN URGED ΤΟ CONTROL THE PRACTICE OF CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE FOR THE BENEFIT AND PROTECTION OF PEOPLE SEEKING SUCH FORMS OF TREATMENT.
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY), DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP CALLED FOR THE SETTING UP OF A COMMITTEE WITH REPRESENTATION AND CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICAL PROFESSION TO LOOK INTO AND TO RECOMMEND WAYS, OF CONTROLLING THE PRACTICE FIVE YEARS.
EXPERTS FROM THE
THE FEASIBILITY, WITHIN THREE TO
AS A START, SHR SUGGESTED THERE SHOULD BE COMPULSORY APPLICATION FOR A LICENCE TO PRACTISK AND MANDATORY PURCHASE OF INSURANCE SUBSEQUENTLY LEADING ON TO THE SETTING UP OF A MINIMUM STANDARD OF QUALIFICATION REQUIRED
REGISTRATION ΤΟ PRACTISE, BUT ALLOWING A GRANDFATHER CLAUSE.
FOR
DR IP EXPLAINED THAT THE NEED TO CONTROL THE PRACTICE HAD BECOME MORE IMMINENT WITH THE CHANGING MEDICAL SCENE IN CHINA, ACUPUNCTURISTS WERE
WHERE INJECTING STEROIDS WITH NEEDLES, WERE USING X-RAYS AND HERBALISTS WERE PRESCRIBING CAPSULES AND AMPOULES.
SHE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT MEDICAL IMMIGRANTS FROM NOW PRACTISING A CONCOCTION OF BOTH WESTERN AND CHINESE MEDICINE IN HONG KONG.
BONE-SETTERS
CHINA WERE TRADITIONAL
"WHERE THE WESTERN MEDICAL TREATMENT BEGINS AND THE CHINESE TRADITIONAL MEDICINE ENDS IS BECOMING BLURRED, SHE SAID.
PRACTICE
IN HER OPINION, THE TRO TYPES OF COMPLEMENTARY TO EACH OTHER AND NOT IN COMPETITION.
SHOULD BE
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