FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1988
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL VISIT MODERN TERMINALS LIMITED IN KWAI CHUNG, MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION AND THE EASTERN HARBOUR CROSSING CONSTRUCTION SITES. THERE WILL ALSO BE A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 11.45 AM ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE 22) TO BE HELD AT THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION.
LORD YOUNG WILL BE MET AT THE AIRPORT BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, AND THE SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER, MR REG HOLLOWAY.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, LORD YOUNG, WILL ARRIVE BY FLIGHT TG 608 AT 2.25 PM ON SUNDAY (JUNE 19). MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED TO COVER HIS ARRIVAL. THEY SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT THE AIRPORT PRESS ROOM BY 1.40 PM. GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.
ENFORCEMENT MOVE AGAINST UNDESIRABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS
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GOVERNMENT 19 PROPOSING то AMEND THE UNDESIRABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS ORDINANCE TO FACILITATE THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE.
THE UNDESIRABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS (AMENDMENT) BILL 1988 WHICH DEALS WITH THE PUBLICATION OF ADVERTISEMENTS AND ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE FORM OF LABELLED PACKAGES, WAS PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY).
ADVERTISEMENTS
AVOID THE
"AT PRESENT, PROBLEMS ARISE WHERE USE OF THE PRECISE TERMS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE TO THE ORDINANCE AND USE INSTEAD COLLOQUIAL TERMS OR VEILED LANGUAGE SUCH AS SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE IN REFERRING TO THE TREATMENT AVAILABLE, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
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HE POINTED OUT THAT IN SUCH CASES IT WAS DIFFICULT ΤΟ PROVE THAT A PARTICULAR ADVERTISEMENT REPRESENTED THE MEDICINE OR TREATMENT ADVERTISED AS BEING EFFECTIVE FOR A DISEASE PROHIBITED IN SCHEDULE.
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"PROBLEMS CAN ALSO ARISE IN IDENTIFYING AND PROSECUTING THE PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR PLACING THE ADVERTISEMENT," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
THE BILL
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