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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1990

TRANSFER OF STATUTORY FUNCTIONS

THE TRANSFER

OF

THE

A MOTION IN THE DIVISION FROM

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PASSED

WITH CONNECTION

HYGIENE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

MOVING

UNDER

THE

INTERPRETATION

AND

GENERAL SAID

THE MOTION CLAUSES ORDINANCE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, THE HON SIR DAVID FORD, THE PROPOSAL TO TRANSFER THE DIVISION RESULTED FROM THE DECISION THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT SHOULD DISSOLVED ON APRIL 1 THIS YEAR.

THAT BE

THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS PROPOSED THAT SHOULD ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HYGIENE DIVISION WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1.

NOW FUNCTIONS

TO

RESTING WITH HE ADDED THAT CERTAIN STATUTORY THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES WOULD NEED TO BE TRANSFERRED THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH.

"THESE STATUTORY FUNCTIONS ARE SET OUT IN SCHEDULE," HE SAID.

THE MOTION AND ITS

SIR

HYGIENE DIVISION WAS MAINLY THE EXPLAINED THAT DAVID RESPONSIBLE FOR EXERCISING CERTAIN STATUTORY FUNCTIONS IN RESPECT OF THE REGIONAL FOOD SAFETY CONTROL ON BEHALF OF THE URBAN COUNCIL AND COUNCIL.

ON MATTERS CONCERNING PRST IT ALSO ADVISED THE TWO COUNCILS

COUNCILS. CONTROL AND IMPLEMENTED HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMMES FOR THE

HYGIENE DIVISION

WILL

THE

"THE

COMPLEMENT TRANSFER OF THE OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

BE NO

DISLOCATION

"IN ORDER

THAT TO ENSURE

THERE WILL

THE DEPARTMENT OF BETWEEN THE WORK OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS AND HEALTH IN PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH IN HONG KONG, A COMMITTEE WILL BE SET UP TO ADVISE THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH ON MATTERS RELATING

HYGIENE,

ON WHICH THE

REPRESENTED," HE SAID.

URBAN

AND REGIONAL COUNCILS

TO FOOD

WILL

BR

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