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SFH on melamine incidents

Following is a transcript of remarks made by the Secretary for Food and Health, Dr York Chow, at a stand-up session after visiting the Yau Ma Tei Jockey Club General Outpatient Clinic this afternoon (September 23):

Reporter: (about expanded services at designated general outpatient clinics)

Secretary for Food and Health: Since the policy is only implemented today, it is very difficult to assess the actual demand from one day statistics. This morning we have already screened about 700 children. About a quarter to one-third of them need to be referred for further examination and investigation. We will be monitoring the situation in the next couple of days to see the trend of the parents and children coming to our clinics. We will make an assessment of how long or whether we need to expand our service to some districts. We know that in Northern District and Kwun Tong, there are more people demanding the service. We have already increased the quota there. We will also examine whether we need to further increase quota.

(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)


Ends/Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Issued at HKT 15:57

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