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UN consultative meeting on drug control
The Government Laboratory is co-orgainising an expert group meeting with the Vienna-based United Nations Drug Control Programme starting tomorrow (Monday).
The five-day round table meeting will bring together fourteen eminent forensic toxicologists from around the world.
The meeting will discuss developments in the control and analysis of two important classes of abused hypontic drugs, the barbiturates and Benzodiazepines, in biological specimens.
A spokesman for the Government Laboratory said: "The meeting is particularly relevant for Hong Kong as there has been a rapidly rising trend in benzodiazepine abuse over recent years.
"Seizures of two class drugs, midazolam and flunitrazepam, have increased by 400 per cent over the past four years."
Control in this aspect was stepped up substantially in 1992 by placing 35 benzodiazepine class substances under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance.
This has demonstrated the Government's firm resolution to react swiftly to the changing patterns of drugs abuse.
A handbook summarising the deliberations of the group will be published for distribution through UN member agencies.
End/Sunday, November 12, 1995
New Insider Dealing Tribunal Chairman appointed
The Government announced today (Sunday) that the Governor has appointed Mr Justice Yam to be the Chairman of the Insider Dealing Tribunal.
The appointment is for a period of two years starting from tomorrow (Monday).
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.