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SFH on MERS, regulation of beauty industry and smuggling of frozen meat

Following is the transcript of remarks made by the Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, after attending a meeting of the Legislative Council today (June 24):

Reporter: (About the status of MERS in South Korea.)

Secretary for Food and Health: We are very concerned about the situation of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in Korea. In recent few days, the Republic of Korea has reported fewer confirmed cases of MERS. We will continue to monitor the situation until there is no confirmed MERS cases reported. Then we can count from that day onwards for two cycles of incubation period before we can remove the (Outbound Travel) Alert.

Reporter: (About regulation of the beauty industry.)

Secretary for Food and Health: We have made proposal to regulate the provision of high-risk medical procedures. Premises where these procedures would be conducted as well as equipment involved will be subject to regulation after the necessary legislative process has been completed.

Reporter: (About the smuggling of frozen meat to Hong Kong.)

Secretary for Food and Health: I think the relevant regulatory authorities in Hong Kong will base on risk assessment and intelligence received to carry out very stringent inspection and law enforcement actions to curb the smuggling of these products to Hong Kong.

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

Ends/Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Issued at HKT 14:52

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