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Chief Pharmacist or his representative

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Attention News Editors:

The Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, will host a cocktail reception for members of the PCCM at 6.30 pm today (Tuesday) at the Staff Club, fourth floor, New Annexe, Central Government Offices (Main Wing).

You are invited to cover the event.

End/Tuesday, March 28, 1995

TCM professionals urged to support preparatory committee

The establishment of the Preparatory Committee on Chinese Medicine marks another step forward in Government's policy on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, said.

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The committee, which will be officially set up on April 1, will steer the implementation of the relevant recommendations made in the Report of the Working Party on Chinese Medicine released in November last year, she added.

Speaking at a cocktail reception today (Tuesday), Mrs Fok assured the newly- appointed members that the work of the preparatory committee would be challenging and important.

"Your work does have historical significance because traditional Chinese medicine, which has been existent for thousands of years, is part of our Chinese cultural heritage," she said.

"I hope, and I believe, that under the leadership of Dr Daniel Tse, who has remarkable experience and talent in public service, the preparatory committee will be able to create an environment for even more systematic, healthy and focused development of Chinese medicine."

Mrs Fok realised that professionals in the trade were very concerned about the recognition of their professional status in the community.