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WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 1990

NUMBER OF REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN

PRIVATE PRACTICE BY YEAR 1983-1989

END OF YEAR

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

NO. OF REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS

1,992

2,097

2,291

2,479

2,695

2,880

3,072

NUMBER OF REGISTERED DISPENSARIES AND DRUG STORES BY YEAR 1983-1989

REGISTERED DISPENSARIES

END OF YEAR

(AUTHORISED SELLERS}

DRUG STORES (LISTED SELLERS}

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

147

152

163

177

181

175

176

2,468

2,539

2,566

2,633

2,661

2,666

2,647

PRACTISING

THESE WERE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ANNUAL CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY THE MEDICAL COUNCIL AND THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED DISPENSARIES (AUTHORISED SELLERS) AND DRUG STORES (LISTED SELLERS) LICENSED BY THE PHARMACY AND POISONS BOARD IN THE PAST SEVEN YEARS.

TO

MRS WONG ADDED THAT UNDER THE PHARMACY AND POISONS ORDINANCE, IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALERS OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS WERE REQUIRED KEEP COMPLETE RECORDS OF ALL TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS.

"HOWEVER, THE LAW DOES NOT EMPOWER THE AUTHORITY ΤΟ REQUIRE IMPORTERS AND WHOLESALERS TO SUBMIT RETURNS ON THEIR SALES RECORDS EITHER ON A REGULAR BASIS OR AS AND WHEN REQUESTED.

"THERE IS, THEREFORE, NO READILY AVAILABLE INFORMATION VALUE OF THE ANNUAL IMPORTS OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS INTO HONG THEIR SUBSEQUENT SALES TO THE VARIOUS OUTLETS," SHE SAID.

ON THE

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