HONG KONG
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 香港立法局 ————————————一九八九年一月十八日
18 January 1989
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private hospitals. As I said, Sir, these hospitals are run by fully qualified and highly respected medical practitioners, and the director has no reason to believe that they would be operating under unsatisfactory conditions.
DR. IP: Sir, I would like to reiterate the gist of Mrs. LAU's question, namely, would Government consider instituting a set of general rules and regulations, outside the various Ordinances the Secretary has quoted, to ensure that a certain minimum standard of operation is kept by all hospitals before a licence to operate is granted?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE: Sir, in the course of considering what further steps should be taken we will certainly look at that.
4.37 pm
HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT: That concludes questions. Question time has taken considerably longer than it usually does owing to the number of supplementaries. I propose that we should now take a short break before we continue with ordinary business.
4.53 pm
HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT: Council will now resume.
Government business
Motion
REGISTRATION OF PATENTS ORDINANCE
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY moved the following motion: That the Registration of Patents (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 1989, made by the Registrar of Patents on 3 January 1989, be approved.
He said: Sir, I move the motion standing in my name on the Order Paper.
The fees payable to the Registrar of Patents in connection with the registration of patents were last revised in 1985. Following a costing exercise recently undertaken by the Treasury, it is proposed that certain fees be amended to take account of inflation and the cost of providing the services. This is in
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