MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1988
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SIR B.Y. CHUNG TO CHAIR PROVISIONAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THE GOVERNOR HAD APPOINTED SIR S.Y. CHUNG TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.
THE PROVISIONAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS NECESSARY FOR THE FORMAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATUTORY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY AS RECOMMENDED BY THE AUSTRALIAN CONSULTANTS.
SIR S.Y. CHUNG WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO TAKE UP THE POST UNTIL LATER IN THE YEAR AND THE PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY IS EXPECTED ΤΟ BEGIN ITS WORK ON OCTOBER
THE NAMES OF THE OTHER MEMBERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A
LATER
STAGE.
COMMITTEE DISCUSSES SURROGACY QUESTIONS
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THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFICALLY ASSISTED HUMAN REPRODUCTION TODAY (MONDAY) AGREED THAT SURROGACY SHOULD NOT BE BANNED IN TOTAL, BUT SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO STRINGENT CONDITIONS, POSSIBLY ΤΟ BE LAID DOWN BY LEGISLATION.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE LEONG, WHEN HE MET THE PRESS TODAY.
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, DR C.H. AFTER THE COMMITTEE'S THIRD MEETING
CONSIDERED,
IN A LOCAL CONTEXT, A
AT THE MEETING, MEMBERS PAPER WHICH SETS OUT THE VARIOUS FORMS OF SURROGACY, VIEWS AND RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY VARIOUS COMMITTEES OR COMMISSIONS IN
UK.
USA AND
AND CANADA, THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST IT. AND SUBMISSIONS
LETTERS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE ISSUE.
ABSOLUTE
TO BOTH
DR LEONG SAID THE STRINGENT CONDITIONS SHOULD INCLUDE MEDICAL NEED, INVOLVING ONLY A CHILD GENETICALLY RELATED PARENTS, CAREFUL COUNSELLING OF THE COMMISSIONING COUPLES AND THE SURROGATE MOTHER, PREVENTION OF EXPLOITATION OF WOMEN AND PROHIBITION OF A COMMERCIAL AGENCY IN THE PROCESS.
EMPHASIS DURING THE DISCUSSION WAS PLACED ON THE HELP WHICH A NEW SCIENTIFIC TECHNIQUE CAN GIVE TO A MARRIED COUPLE TO HAVE THEIR GENETIC CHILD, AS WELL AS THE INTEREST OF THE CHILD ΤΟ BE BORN BY SURROGACY.
THE COMMITTEE WILL WELCOME VIEWS FROM THE PUBLIC WHICH CAN BE TO IT THROUGH THE HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH, GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, LOWER ALBERT ROAD, HONG RONG.
SENT
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