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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1984

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66 CAUGHT FOR ILLEGAL DRUG SALES

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SIXTY-SIX CASES OF ILLEGAL SALE OF POTENT DRUGS ON THE POISONS LIST CLASSIFIED AS PART 1 SCHEDULE 3 POISONS WERE BROUGHT TO COURT BETWEEN JANUARY AND DECEMBER LAST YEAR - AND ALL WERE SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTED.

THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY DR THE HON K.L. THONG, DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON CARL TONG AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

THESE POISON DRUGS WERE REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE SOLD BY AUTHORISED SELLERS UNDER SUPERVISION OF REGISTERED PHARMACISTS AND ONLY AGAINST PRESCRIPTIONS ISSUED BY AUTHORISED PERSONS SUCH AS DOCTORS.

DR THONG TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT RECORDS SHOWED THAT 6 638 INSPECTIONS HAD BEEN CARRIED OUT, LEADING TO DISCOVERY OF THE 66 CASES.

AND STEPS HAD BEEN TAKEN TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS, HE SAID.

THOUGHT GIVEN TO LIGHTS FOR CROSSING

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THE NEED FOR A LIGHT-CONTROLLED CROSSING AT A ZEBRA CROSSING ON POK FU LAM ROAD WAS BEING CONSIDERED, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON ALAN SCOTT, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

THERE HAD BEEN FATAL ACCIDENTS AT THIS PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, NEAR HOUSE 140-142.

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM DR THE HON HARRY FANG, MR SCOTT SAID THE CONSIDERATION WOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC FLOWS AT THE LOCATION AND THE SAFETY OF USERS.

A SURVEY TO RECORD THE PRESENT TRAFFIC FLOWS WOULD BE FINISHED THIS WEEK, HE SAID.

MR SCOTT REPORTED THAT IN THE 24 MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER, THERE WAS ONE SLIGHT AND ONE SERIOUS PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENT AT OR NEAR THE CROSSING.

HOWEVER, ON OCTOBER 25, IN ONE INCIDENT, A GOODS VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH A FAMILY OF THREE ON THE CROSSING. ONE PERSON DIED AND THE OTHER TWO WERE INJURED.

MR SCOTT SAID CHARGES AGAINST THE DRIVER WERE BEING

CONSIDERED,

THERE HAD BEEN TWO OTHER FATALITIES, ONE BEING 120 METRES NORTH AND THE OTHER 120 METRES SOUTH OF THE CROSSING, HE SAID.

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