WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1981
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AGREEMENT ON MEDICAL CARE IN UK
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HONG KONG VISITORS AND STUDENTS STUDYING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WILL BE PROVIDED WITH IMMEDIATELY NECESSARY MEDICAL TREATMENT+ BY RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT, IT WAS STATED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY MR OSWALD CHEUNG, THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES. THE HON ERIC HO SAID HE WAS PLEASED TO GIVE THE ASSURANCE THAT VISITORS AND STUDENTS GOING FROM HONG KONG TO THE UK WOULD NOT SUDDENLY FIND THEMSELVES SUBJECTED TO FULL COST CHARGES
IF THEY FALL ILL.
HE SAID +EVER SINCE THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT FIRST INDICATED ITS INTENTION TO INTRODUCE REGULATIONS TO CHARGE VISITORS FOR TREATMENT UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM OVER THIS MATTER.+
+AGREEMENT WAS REACHED IN PRINCIPLE AT THE DISCUSSIONS THAT PERSONS ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN EACH TERRITORY SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH IMMEDIATELY NECESSARY MEDICAL TREATMENT DURING THE IR TEMPORARY STAY IN THE OTHER, HE SAID.
+OUR STUDENTS WILL BE COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT, HE SAID.
DRUGS NOT A PROBLEM IN SCHOOLS+
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DRUG ABUSE IS NOT GENERALLY A PROBLEM IN OUR SCHOOLS AND THIS IS MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME, SAID THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR LEWIS DAVIES, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY MR R.H. LOBO IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR DAVIES POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS AN ON-GOING INTENSIVE PROGRAMME OF PREVENTIVE EDUCATION TARGETED AT STUDENTS WHICH FOR 1981/82 INCLUDES SCHOOL TALKS SEMINARS, PROVISION OF DRUG PREVENTION MATERIAL TO TEACHERS, PRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL FILM, A YOUTH PARTICIPATION SCHEME IN ANTI-NARCOTICS PUBLICITY PROJECTS, AN INFORMATION WALL CHART FOR DISPLAY IN SCHOOLS AND EXTENSIVE PUBLICITY THROUGH THE MASS MEDIA*,
+THEY AS FOR STUDENTS USING DANGEROUS DRUGS, MR DAVIES SAID WOULD BE PROSECUTED, AND DEPENDING ON THE COURT'S VIEW OF THE CASE, SUBSEQUENT TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION COULD BE PROVIDED EITHER IN THE VOLUNTARY PROGRAMME OPERATED BY THE SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ABUSE OR IN THE CUSTODIAL PROGRAMME AT A DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTRE OPERATED BY THE PRISONS DEPARTMENT. +
IN EITHER CASE, CLOSE LIAISON BETWEEN THE AFTER-CARE OFFICERS, THE PARENTS AND THE SCHOOLS WOULD BE MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
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