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WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1990
NUMBER OF REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN
PRIVATE PRACTICE BY YEAR 1983-1989
END OF YEAR
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
NO. OF REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
1,992
2,097
2,291
2,479
2,695
2,880
3,072
NUMBER OF REGISTERED DISPENSARIES AND DRUG STORES BY YEAR 1983-1989
REGISTERED DISPENSARIES
END OF YEAR
(AUTHORISED SELLERS}
DRUG STORES (LISTED SELLERS}
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
147
152
163
177
181
175
176
2,468
2,539
2,566
2,633
2,661
2,666
2,647
PRACTISING
THESE WERE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ANNUAL CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY THE MEDICAL COUNCIL AND THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED DISPENSARIES (AUTHORISED SELLERS) AND DRUG STORES (LISTED SELLERS) LICENSED BY THE PHARMACY AND POISONS BOARD IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.
TO
MRS WONG ADDED THAT UNDER THE PHARMACY AND POISONS ORDINANCE, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALERS OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS WERE REQUIRED KEEP COMPLETE RECORDS OF ALL TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS.
"HOWEVER, THE LAW DOES NOT EMPOWER THE AUTHORITY ΤΟ REQUIRE IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALERS TO SUBMIT RETURNS ON THEIR SALES RECORDS EITHER ON A REGULAR BASIS OR AS AND WHEN REQUESTED.
"THERE IS, THEREFORE, NO READILY AVAILABLE INFORMATION VALUE OF THE ANNUAL IMPORTS OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS INTO HONG THEIR SUBSEQUENT SALES TO THE VARIOUS OUTLETS," SHE SAID.
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