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The reduction in air pollution will be verified by monitoring ambient air pollution concentrations. The reference baseline is the projected 1996 air quality conditions without the measures proposed.

We intend to report on the progress on a yearly basis in addition to the air monitoring data already published every month.

End/Wednesday, January 11, 1995

Registration of doctors

Following is a question by Dr the Hon Leong Che-hung and a reply by the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Is the Administration aware of cases where persons not qualified for registration, or persons having had their names struck off permanently or removed for a period of time from the Register of Medical Practitioners, professed themselves to be registered and practised medicine or surgery? If so, will the Administration inform this Council:

(a)

of the number of cases that have been investigated and successfully prosecuted in the past three years;

(b)

what measures the Administration will take to monitor the situation, so as to ensure that all practising medical practitioners are registered; and

Reply:

(c)

Mr President.

whether the Administration will issue any guidelines to enable the public to distinguish "genuine" registered medical practitioners from those who are not registered?

The Administration is not aware of any case where registered medical practitioners have continued to practise medicine after having had their names struck off permanently or removed for a period of time from the Medical Register of the Medical Council.