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FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1990

OUTER SPACE ACT EXTENDS TO HK

THE OUTER SPACE ACT 1986 (HONG KONG) ORDER 1990, WHICH EXTENDS THE UK OUTER SPACE ACT 1986 TO HONG KONG, WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).

INTERNATIONAL

"THE UK ACT AIMS AT IMPLEMENTING UK'S OBLIGATIONS UNDER VARIOUS OUTER SPACE TREATIES, FOR EXAMPLE WITH REGARD TO LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE CAUSED TO THIRD PARTIES, A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.

"THESE OBLIGATIONS ALSO APPLY TO HONG KONG AS TERRITORY," HE SAID.

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UK DEPENDENT

**PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS NO NEED TO EXTEND THE UK ACT TO HONG KONG. BUT WITH THE SATELLITE PROJECT OF A HONG KONG BASED CONSORTIUM, ASIASAT, IT BECAME NECESSARY TO EXTEND THE UK ACT IN ORDER ΤΟ PLACE ASIASAT'S OUTER SPACE ACTIVITIES UNDER APPROPRIATE CONTROL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"LOCAL LEGISLATION IS CURRENTLY BEING DRAFTED TO REPLACE THE EXTENDED ACT IN DUE COURSE, HE ADDED.

EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

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CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU HAVE AGREED ON A SERIES OF MEASURES JOINT COLLABORATION IN THE SURVEILLANCE AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON THE CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

DR LEE RECENTLY LED A THREE-MAN HEALTH DELEGATION TO A MEETING IN MACAU ON THE CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN THE THREE TERRITORIES.

THE OTHER TWO DELEGATES,

BOTH FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WERE AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR PAUL SAW, AND A SENIOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH OFFICER, DR K.H. MAK.

CONVENED BY THE REGIONAL OFFICE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION, THE MEETING, HELD FROM APRIL 16 TO 18, WAS ATTENDED BY HEALTH OFFICIALS FROM CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU.

THE CHINESE REPRESENTATIVES INCLUDED OFFICIALS FROM MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH TN PEKING, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, PROVINCE, AND THREE CITIES CANTON, SHENZHEN AND ZHUHAI.

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THE HAINAN

/THE MEETING