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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1994
(C)
BOARD OF
OVERSEERS
THERE IS A APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY.
ARE
WHOSE MEMBERS BOTH THE SECRETARY
FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER AND THE SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY SERVE AS EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS ON THE BOARD. FINANCIAL THE BOARD ADVISES ON THE GENERAL DIRECTION, MANAGEMENT
POLICY OF THE INSTITUTE AND HELPS THE FUNDS SOLICITED ARE ENSURE THAT
DISBURSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR INTENDED PURPOSES.
AND
(D) THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIELD OF BIOTECHNOLOGY THROUGH
INDUSTRIAL PROJECT FUNDING FROM THE
IN 1994/95, SCHEME.
AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
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PROJECTS WERE SUPPORTED, INVOLVING EXPENDITURE OF MILLION
SUPPORT FOR
IN
SUPPORT RELATED $24 ADDITION, COMMITTEE AND
FIELDS, VARIOUS THE HKIB CAN, THEREFORE,
FOR MORE THROUGH THESE ESTABLISHED CHANNELS
OVER A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS. THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS THE RESEARCH GRANTS COUNCIL ARE ALSO PROVIDING FUNDING SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS IN INCLUDING BIOTECHNOLOGY. COMPETE
FUNDS.
PUBLIC HOSPITALS ADOPT GOOD INFECTION CONTROL PRACTICES
FOLLOWING
CHEN-YA AND A IS A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HUANG REPLY BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS KATHERINE FOK, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):
QUESTION : AS THE CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE, WHICH IS A FORM OF SEVERE
BRAIN DISEASE, CAN BE DEGENERATIVE
TRANSMITTED TO SOME
WILL UNDERGOING PITUITARY HORMONE TREATMENT, PATIENTS
THE
GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL :
(A)
(B)
(C)
HOW MANY
WITH PATIENTS HAVE BEEN TREATED
PITUITARY HORMONE IN HOSPITALS MANAGED BY THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY AND
THREE
YEARS;
PRIVATE HOSPITALS RESPECTIVELY IN THE PAST
WHAT STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN UP THE GOVERNMENT TO ENSURE THAT THAT SUCH PATIENTS ARE ADEQUATELY FOLLOWED UP SO THOSE DEVELOPING CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE CAN BE DETECTED; AND
FOLLOWING THE
MINISTRY
OF AND
WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONSIDER SAFETY PRECAUTIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE HEALTH OF THE U.K. FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING BRAIN SPINAL CORD OPERATIONS OR PITUITARY HORMONE TREATMENT?
/REPLY