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The consultation paper sets out the arguments for and against sex selection achieved by means of RT procedures and the use of fetal ovarian or testicular tissue in infertility treatment or in research. It also provides an outline of the proposed licensing mechanism. Public views on these three major issues are invited.
Members of public could obtain copies of the paper from district offices and the Secretariat of PCRT at second floor, Shun Feng International Centre, 182 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai. Views should be sent to PCRT before September 15.
"I hope the consultation paper will form the basis for discussion within the community and look forward to receiving considered responses from all sectors before September 15," the spokesman said.
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More grants to aid flood victims in China approved
The Disaster Relief Fund Advisory Committee approved at its meeting today (Wednesday) four grants totalling $12 million in aid of the recent floods in China.
Together with the $3 million granted to Oxfam Hong Kong last Saturday (July 13), the Committee has approved $15 million for the purpose.
A government spokesman said a grant of $3 million each was made in response to applications from the Hong Kong Red Cross, Medecins Sans Frontieres, the Salvation Army and World Vision Hong Kong.
"The Committee believes that these grants are an appropriate means to express the concerns of the community towards the flood victims. It also hopes that these grants would arouse more public support for flood relief efforts," he said.
This is the third time grants had been made for floods on a large scale in China. In July last year, the Committee granted $13.5 million for relief projects run by three organisations when floods hit southern and eastern China.
In June 1994, the Committee also granted $20 million to three organisations for relief projects in the south and east of China.
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