XN000022-1987-05-06 — Page 21

19

WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1987

THIS HAD LED TO FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS WHENEVER THERE

THE SITUATION WAS WAS HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE WET SEASON. PARTICULARLY SERIOUS IN THE NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.

+EVERY YEAR FLOODING RESULTING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSES INESTIMATABLE LOSSES TO CROPS AND LIVESTOCK IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, AFFECTING THE LIVELIHOOD OF FARMERS, HE NOTED.

PHARMACY AND POISONS LIST UPDATED *****

THE PROPOSED PHARMACY AND POISONS (AMENDMENT)(NO. 2) REGULATIONS 1987 AND THE POISON LIST (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1987 REFLECT THE LATEST UPDATING OF THE LIST AND SCHEDULES BY THE PHARMACY AND POISONS BOARD, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

+THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ALSO EXTEND THE EXISTING POISON CLASS IF ICATION OF QUININE AND ITS SALTS TO DERIVATIVES OF QUININE AND THE IR SALTS, SINCE THESE SUBSTANCES HAD THE SAME PHARMACOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AS THE PARENT COMPOUND,+ HE SAID,

HE ALSO EXPLAINED THAT UNDER SECTION 29 OF THE PHARMACY AND POISONS ORDINANCE (CAP. 138), THE PHARMACY AND POISONS BOARD WAS EMPOWERED TO MAKE REGULATIONS PROVIDING FOR THE CONTROL OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS AND POISONS, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

THE LIST OF POISONS UNDER CONTROL AND THE VARIOUS SCHEDULES OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS UNDER THE PHARMACY AND POISONS REGULATIONS WERE UPDATED BY THE BOARD FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN NEW PRODUCTS REQUIRING CONTROL APPEARED ON THE MARKET, MR CHAMBERS SA ID.

DUTY RATES INCREASED TO MEET INFLATION

*****

THE MAIN PRINCIPLE UNDERLYING THE INCREASES IN EXISTING DUTIES IS TO MAINTAIN THE DUTY RATES IN REAL TETERMS, THE ACTING FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON JOHN YAXLEY, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MOVING A MOTION ON THE DUTIABLE COMMODITIES ORDINANCE, MR YAXLEY SAID THE INCREASED DUTIES CAME INTO EFFECT ON FEBRUARY 25, 1987 PURSUANT TO THE PUBLIC REVENUE PROTECTION ORDER SIGNED BY THE ACTING GOVERNOR.

+THE PROPOSALS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL REVENUE OF $165 MILLION IN 1987-88 : $60 MILLION FROM HYDROCARBON OIL, $50 MILLION FOR INTOXICATING LIQUOR AND IMPORTED ALCOHOL, AND $55 MILLION FROM TOBACCO,+ HE ADDED.

ٹی کا تم کو