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SHWF to attend joint meeting on health in Macau

Senior health officials from the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau will meet to exchange views and share experiences on medical and health matters on October 25 and 26 in Macau.

The Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, Dr Yeoh Eng-kiong, will lead a 21-member delegation to attend the meeting. Members of the delegation include the Director of Health, Dr Lam Ping-yan; the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene, Mr Gregory Leung; and the Chief Executive of the Hospital Authority, Dr William Ho.

The Mainland and Macau delegations will be led by the Vice Minister of Health, Mr Huang Jeifu and the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Dr Chui Sai On respectively.

During the two-day meeting, the three sides will discuss issues relating to the overall strategy in the control of infectious diseases, monitoring of medical regulatory requirements, monitoring of food hygiene and regulatory control, and exchange and co-operation in Chinese medicine. 

This is the second joint meeting of senior health officials of the Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau. The first joint meeting was held in Beijing last year from June 4 to 6.

Ends/Thursday, October 23, 2003
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