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STATEMENT BY THE HON NIGEL SHIPMAN JP,

ACTING SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE ON THE

KWOK AH-NUI CASE, MADE IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 30 JULY 1986

Sir,

On 14 May the substantive Secretary for Health and Welfare answered a question in this Council on the case of Kwok Ah-nui, a young girl who, it was said, had been kept In view of Members' locked up by her mother since birth.

concern about the Government's handling of this case, he agreed, in a further statement in this Council on 2 July, to make available to the UMELCO Panel on Welfare Services the reports on the internal reviews conducted by the Director of Social Welfare and the Director of Medical and Health Services. This was done and both Directors and I appeared before the Panel on 16 July to answer members' questions,

2.

The Panel have now made known their views on the

case. I am grateful to Members for their work, and I assure them that careful consideration will be given to

recommendations they have made.

3.

The further undertaking was given on 2 July that a full statement on the case would be made in this Council following the examination of the reports by the UMELCO Panel.I

am now in a position to make this statement.

I have also

tabled the two reports except for the confidential annexes