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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1994

(A)

IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY PATIENTS EACH YEAR IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS RECEIVING

HORMONE TREATMENT. SIMILAR DATA AT PITUITARY

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PRIVATE

HOSPITALS IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE.

(B)

(C)

PRODUCED ALL PITUITARY HORMONES USED IN HONG KONG ARE BY SYNTHETIC TECHNIQUES AND ARE THUS FREE FROM CONTAMINATION WITH THE TRANSMISSIBLE AGENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE. PATIENTS UNDERGOING PITUITARY HORMONE THERAPY WILL CONTINUE TO BE FOLLOWED UP IN ENDOCRINE CLINICS.

OF THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE MINISTRY HEALTH OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ARE MAINLY CONCERNED WITH THE SAFE

HUMAN HANDLING OF

TISSUES, AND ANIMAL CATEGORISATION AND CONTAINMENT OF HAZARDS, CONTROL AND CONTAINMENT OF THE INFECTION, HEALTH SURVEILLANCE, DE- CONTAINMENT

WELL AS WASTE DISPOSAL. THESE PRECAUTIONS WILL BE ADHERED TO IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS PART OF THE GOOD INFECTION CONTROL AND MEDICAL DISPOSAL PRACTICES.

AS

AS

WASTE

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CROSS-BORDER INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS

AND

A

FOLLOWING IS A QUESTION BY THE HON ALFRED TSO SHIU-WAI

ENVIRONMENT AND WRITTEN REPLY BY THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, LANDS, MR CANICE MAK, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY):

ON THE BETWEEN KONG'S

QUESTION : IN HIS 1994 POLICY ADDRESS, THE GOVERNOR TOUCHED STRENGTHENING OF CROSS-BORDER CO-OPERATION ON INFRASTRUCTURE HONG KONG AND CHINA. HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT PLANS FOR HONG INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT SHOULD NOT BE DRAFTED IN ISOLATION FROM GUANGDONG. IT WAS ALSO LEARNT THAT THE CITY OF ZHUHAI ANNOUNCED IN 1993 THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE "ZHUHAI-TUEN

IN GUANGDONG MUN BRIDGE"

IN VIEW OF THE TREMENDOUS BENEFITS WHICH THE PROJECT WILL BRING TO THE TRANSPORT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TERRITORIES PARTICULARLY IN TURN MUN, WILL THE GOVERNMENT INFORM THIS COUNCIL:

(A)

(B)

THE

WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT HAS OFFICIALLY APPROACHED

IF So, CHINESE SIDE FOR DETAILS OF THE PROJECT; WHETHER THE PROJECT 15 FEASIBLE AND WHETHER IT WILL BE THE NEW TERRITORIES; CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF

AND

THE PROJECT

THE ROAD

NETWORK

WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT HAS INCORPORATED INTO THE DISTRICT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF THE WESTERN NEW TERRITORIES.

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