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The availability of the Genetic Counselling

Service was included in a recent large scale exhibition

publicising the services of the pepartment. This coming

Saturday, the Hong Kong Society of Medical Genetics and

the Peninsula Jaycees are jointly organising a "Know

Genetics project, which will include an exhibition and a

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seminar/to promote knowledge of medical genetics among the

profession and the public. These efforts will continue.

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Dr. Henrietta Ip devoted a considerable part of

her speech to the question of the need for some form of

control over the practice of Chinese traditional medicine

in Hong Kong. This is a difficult question, largely

because of the problems involved in defining exactly what

is meant by Chinese traditional medicine. I agree with

Dr. Ip that the Government has a duty to protect the

health of the people, but I believe that most of the

problems which have arisen in this area are in fact

related to the illegal practice of western medicine by

unqualified persons, such as the use of steroids, rather

than the practice of traditional Chinese medicine in its

true sense. This aspect is adequately covered by existing

legislation, the Medical Registration Ordinance, the

Medical Clinics Ordinance, the Pharmacy and Poisons

Ordinance, the Antibiotics Ordinance and the Dangerous

Drugs Ordinance, and the relevant penalties have recently

been raised to improve the deterrent effect.