XN000022-1986-02-05 — Page 23

דל

-

21

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1986

IN ADDITION, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC PROVIDED A FULL TIME POST-REGISTRATION DIPLOMA COURSE IN HEALTH CARE EDUCATION, HE SAID.

AS FOR CAREER PROSPECTS FOR NURSES IN SPECIAL FIELDS,

MR CHAMBERS SAID THAT IT WAS NOT THE PRACTICE IN HONG KONG FOR NURSES TO FOLLOW A CAREER IN A SPECIALIST FIELD.

NURSES MIGHT BE CALLED UPON TO CARRY OUT WIDELY DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS AS THEY ROSE IN SENIORITY,

EXCEPT IN A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF CASES, SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS DID NOT ENHANCE PROMOTION PROSPECTS, MR CHAMBERS

SAID,

BAN ON SOME VISITORS STILL VALID

*****

THE GROUNDS FOR DENYING ENTRY PERMITS TO APPLICANTS FROM EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES ARE STILL VALID AND THERE ARE AT PRESENT NO PROPOSALS FOR ANY CHANGE, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON MICHAEL THOMAS SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON HELMUT SOHMEN, MR THOMAS SAID THESE GROUNDS WERE REVIEWED FROM TIME TO TIME, MOST

RECENTLY IN AUGUST 1985.

PIG, POULTRY FARM PATTERN LITTLE CHANGED

****

PIG AND POULTRY FARMS ARE FOUND IN MOST PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION PATTERN HAS NOT CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TAI CHIN-WAH, MR CHAMBERS SAID THAT 1979 FIGURES SHOWED ABOUT 48 PER CENT (2 670) OF THE FARMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTH-WEST NT, MAINLY IN KAM TIN, SAP PAT HEUNG, PAT HEUNG, SAN TIN, PING SHÀN, TUEN MUN AND HA TSUEN.

ABOUT 33 PER CENT (1 840) WERE LOCATED IN NORTH-EAST NT, MAINLY IN SHEUNG SHUI, FANLING, TAI PO, TA KWU LING, SHA TAU KOK AND SHA TIN AND THE REMAINING 19 PER CENT (1 050) IN SAI KUNG, TSUEN WAN, ISLANDS AND THE URBAN AREAS.

MR CHAMBERS POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE 4 920 FARMERS PRINCIPALLY ENGAGED IN PIG KEEPING AND 4 460 ENGAGED IN POULTRY KEEPING IN 1976, WHILE THE FIGURES FOR 1981 WERE 4 267 ENGAGED IN PIG AND 4 830 IN POULTRY KEEPING.

/22

I