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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

PURSUANT

for/WRITTEN answer

to Question on 24 February 1982

The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by

To ask the

MR ROBERT PARRY (Liverpool, Scotland Exchange): Lord Privy Seal whether any system to monitor workers' health in circumstances where they may be exposed to carcinogenic chemicals exists in Hong Kong; and whether any procedure to investigate related complaints exists.

Mr Douglas Hand

foot Pursuant

Pursuant to my right honourable Friend's reply of 24 February, the following is the information — Any medical practitioner who believes that a person is suffering

from any of the notifiable occupational diseases (which include

skin cancer) specified in the Factories and Industrial Under-

takings (Notification of Occupational Diseases) Regulations

must notify the Director of Medical and Health Services.

Medical Officers of the Occupational Health Division of the

Labour Department also carry out medical checks on workers

suspected of suffering from any occupational disease.

The Radiation (Control of Radioactive Substances) Regulations

require record of exposure and regular medical examination

of workers using radioactive chemicals. Complaints regarding

safety and health at work are fully investigated by the

Occupational Health Division or the Factory Inspectorate.