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WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1994
METHADONE PATIENTS
ARE EDUCATED TO DISPOSE OF USED SYRINGES PROPERLY AND STREET ADDICTS TO COME IN FOR METHADONE TREATMENT,
IMPROVEMENTS, SUCH AS
THE THIRD APPROACH IS ENVIRONMENTAL FREQUENT CLEANSING TO REMOVE DISCARDED SYRINGES, BETTER THE AREA AND STRENGTHENED BUILDING MANAGEMENT.
LIGHTING IN
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PANG CHUN-HOI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MR WOODHOUSE SAID THE METHADONE TREATMENT PROGRAMME ENABLED PATIENTS TO ADOPT A NORMAL AND ECONOMICALLY PRODUCTIVE LIFESTYLE.
IT HELPS TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE HEALTH HAZARDS AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY RELATED TO ILLICIT DRUG USE.
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A REDUCTION IN THE INJECTING OF HEROIN SUBSTITUTION OF ORAL METHADONE MEANT LESS SHARING OF NEEDLES.
WHICH SAID.
"THIS SLOWS THE SPREAD OF BLOOD-BORNE DISEASES, INCLUDING AIDS,
" HE POPULATION, CAN BE PASSED FROM DRUG USERS TO THE GENERAL
NO DUPLICATION IN WORK OF FINANCE HEADS
THERE IS NO QUESTION OF THE SECRETARY FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES (SFS) "SHARING OUT THE WORKLOAD" WITH THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY (HKMA).
THE NATURE OF THEIR WORK AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY WERE DIFFERENT, EVEN THOUGH THE SUBJECT MATTER WAS IN SOME RESPECT CLOSELY RELATED, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON SIR HAMISH MACLEOD, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN A SAID
SIR HAD GIVEN
WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON EMILY LAU, HAMISH
IT WAS PROBABLY THIS CLOSE RELATIONSHIP THAT RISE TO SOME MISCONCEPTION OF OVERLAPPING AND DUPLICATION.
THE HKMA WAS ESTABLISHED PRINCIPALLY BY MERGING TWO OUT OF THE THREE SELF-CONTAINED EXECUTIVE OFFICES OPERATING UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE THEN MONETARY AFFAIRS BRANCH: THE OFFICE OF THE EXCHANGE FUND AND THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING.
"THUS, THE SEPARATION OF THESE OPERATIONAL ARMS FROM THE BRANCH DID NOT TO ANY SUBSTANTIAL EXTENT CHANGE THE AREAS IN WHICH THE BRANCH HELD POLICY RESPONSIBILITY, OR REDUCE THE WORKLOAD OF THE RETITLED FINANCIAL SERVICES BRANCH (FSB) IN PRACTICAL SENSE," THE SECRETARY SAID.
THE HKMA IS A SEPARATE AGENCY WITH EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE AREAS OF BANKING SUPERVISION AND EXCHANGE FUND AND THE OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF BANKING.
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HKMA IS NOT A POLICY SECRETARY BUT HE DOES TAKE THE LEAD IN FORMULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF MONETARY POLICY AND IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE TO THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY.
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