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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1992

IN ADDITION, RESTAURANT OPERATORS ARE ALSO REQUIRED

PLANS FOR THE INSTALLATION OR

ALTERATION OF

TO SUBMIT

ANY FURNACE, OVEN OR CHIMNEY THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR PRIOR APPROVAL.

AND SMELL MR BARNES SAID IN THE CASE OF EMISSION OF PARTICLES

EMPOWERED TO SERVE A FROM SUCH SYSTEM, THE MUNICIPAL COUNCILS WERE NOTICE REQUIRING THE RESTAURANT OPERATOR TO ABATE THE NUISANCE.

"IN ADDITION, THE ADMINISTRATION CAN SERVE NOTICES UNDER

NOISE CONTROL ORDINANCE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL ORDINANCE AND THE REQUIRE THE

THE ABATEMENT OF

NUISANCE OR THE INSTALLATION ADDITIONAL POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT.

"IN THE EVENT OF NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THESE ABATEMENT LEGAL ACTION CAN BE TAKEN AS APPROPRIATE," HE SAID.

YEARS,

THE

THE

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OF

NOTICES,

MUNICIPAL

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MR BARNES SAID OVER THE PAST FIVE COUNCILS HAD RECEIVED 1,349 COMPLAINTS WHILE DURING THE PERIOD 1989 1991, THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT RECEIVED 360 COMPLAINTS AGAINST KITCHEN FUME AND ODOUR AND 300 COMPLAINTS AGAINST KITCHEN EXHAUST SYSTEMS.

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NOISE

"ALL CASES HAVE BEEN SATISFACTORILY RESOLVED, HE SAID.

FROM

0

AN

ACADEMY OF MEDICINE TO PROVIDE SPECIALIST TRAINING

ACADEMY, WHICH WILL BE EMPOWERED TO CONFER SPECIALIST MEDICAL DESIGNATIONS AND TO RECOMMEND TO THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG TO RECOGNISE SUCH QUALIFICATIONS, WILL BE SET UP IN HONG KONG,

THIS

WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, WNEN MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE HONG KONG ACADEMY OF MEDICINE BILL IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

TO BE MRS WONG SAID THIS WOULD ENABLE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS DISTINGUISHED BY THEIR PATIENTS AS QUALIFIED SPECIALISTS IN RESPECTIVE FIELDS OF MEDICINE.

THEIR

SHE NOTED THAT WITH THE RAPID ADVANCEMENT OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, THERE WAS A GROWING NEED FOR POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO ENSURE THAT DOCTORS CONTINUE TO REMAIN PROFICIENT IN THEIR FIELD FOR THE WHOLE OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL WORKING LIVES.

AS OPPORTUNITIES

FOR LOCAL

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION ARE UNCOORDINATED AND RECEIVE NO STATUTORY RECOGNITION, MANY HONG KONG DOCTORS GO OVERSEAS TO FURTHER THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.

"CONSEQUENTLY, THERE