WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1992
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ANTI-ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION POLICY REITERATED
THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, REITERATED THE POLICY TO DETER ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE NEED TO REDUCE OVERCROWDING IN PRISONS.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MARTIN BARROW IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ASPREY SAID SOME 3,400 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WERE IN PRISON AND THE TOTAL MAINTENANCE COSTS WERE ABOUT $500 MILLION A YEAR.
HE SAID THE LEGISLATION ENACTED IN NOVEMBER 1990 SOUGHT ΤΟ FURTHER THE OBJECTIVE OF DETERING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BY DENYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN WORK IN HONG KONG,
THIS WAS ALSO ACHIEVED BY A REVISED PROSECUTIONS POLICY INTRODUCED AT THE SAME TIME, WHEREBY ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FOUND AT PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT WERE TO BE PROSECUTED.
"WE HAVE TO BALANCE THE NEED ΤΟ REDUCE OVERCROWDING IN THE PRISONS AND THE NEED TO DETER PEOPLE FROM COMING HERE ILLEGALLY, " MR ASPREY SAID.
THE NEW LEGISLATION AND PROSECUTIONS POLICY HAVE SUCCEEDED IN REDUCING THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT POPULATION IN PRISONS FROM A HIGH OF ABOUT 40% OF THE TOTAL PRISON POPULATION IN SEPTEMBER 1990 ΤΟ ABOUT 30% AT PRESENT, A REDUCTION OF OVER 1,200 PERSONS.
THE AVERAGE DAILY COST OF MAINTAINING A PRISONER IS $416 AT CURRENT PRICES.
NO PLAN TO CONTROL MEDICINE LABELLING
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THERE IS NO PLAN TO INTRODUCE STATUTORY CONTROL ON LABELLING OF MEDICINE, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, DR S.H. LEE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE ADVICE GIVEN BY THE PHARMACY AND POISONS BOARD, HE SAID PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CO-OPERATION WOULD BE THE MOST PRACTICAL APPROACH.
"TO THIS END, WE HAVE MONITORED THE SITUATION AND ARE PLEASED THAT LABELLING OF DRUGS IS BEING INCREASINGLY PRACTISED BY HOSPITALS, DOCTORS AND PHARMACISTS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
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"PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS HAVE ALSO TAKEN STEPS TO URGE THEIR MEMBERS TO ADOPT THE PRACTICE IN THE INTEREST OF BETTER PATIENT CARE, DR LEE ADDED.
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