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FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1993
"UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW AND PRACTICE, FOREIGN REGISTERED PASSENGER SHIPS VOLUNTARILY ENTER HONG KONG AND USE IT AS THEIR BASE OF OPERATION ARE SUBJECT TO LOCAL LAW.
"THIS ORDINANCE PUTS BEYOND DOUBT THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE'S POWER TO CONDUCT SURVEYS OF SUCH FOREIGN REGISTERED SHIPS. **
THERE ARE THREE SUCH SHIPS BASED IN HONG KONG.
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MR TSE SAID: "THE MARINE DEPARTMENT WILL LIAISE OWNERS/OPERATORS OF THE THREE SHIPS WITH A VIEW TO REQUIRING SUBMIT THEIR SHIPS FOR FULL SURVEYS AS SOON AS CONVENIENT.
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MR TSE STRESSED THAT THE MARINE DEPARTMENT'S MAIN CONCERN WAS
"WE HAVE A CLEAR DUTY OF CARE TOWARDS PASSENGERS SUCH SHIPS.
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"WE MUST BE SATISFIED THAT THESE SHIPS ARE SAFE AND THAT THE OWNERS/OPERATORS ARE COMPILING FULLY WITH THE LAW AND GOOD PRACTICE, MR TSE SAID.
SURVEYORS OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HAVE ALREADY INSPECTED TWO OF THE THREE SHIPS DURING ROUTINE PORT STATE INSPECTIONS.
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HEALTH CHIEF OUTLINES HEALTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
THE FIGHTING AGAINST HIV INFECTION IS A TOP PRIORITY IN HONG KONG'S PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMME AND 1993 IS A YEAR OF MAJOR PUBLICITY AND EDUCATION ACTIVITY ON AIDS AND HIV INFECTION IN THE TERRITORY, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR SH LEE, SAID.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE THIRD ASIAN DERMATOLOGICAL CONGRESS THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING, DR LEE NOTED THAT HIV INFECTION SEEN IN OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES HAD BECOME MORE AND MORE PREVALENT.
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IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS DISEASE WILL BECOME A SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM IN ASIA UNLESS GREATER EFFORTS ARE SPENT AND MORE RESOURCES ARE MOBILISED IN ITS PREVENTION AND CONTROL, DR LEE SAID.
"OUR COLLEAGUES SPECIALISED IN DERMATOLOGY AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES (STD) NO DOUBT HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF HIV INFECTIONS," HE ADDED.
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WHILE NOTING THAT THE ORGANISATION OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN HONG KONG HAVE UNDERGONE MANY CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST CONGRESS IN 1986, THE DIRECTOR SAID THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S SOCIAL HYGIENE AND SPECIAL SKIN SERVICE WHICH WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF STD, LEPROSY AND SKIN DISEASES WAS AN IMPORTANT AREA IN HONG KONG'S HEALTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.
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