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SHWF to attend WHO Western Pacific Regional Meeting
The Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, Dr York Chow, will attend the 57th
session of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Committee for the
Western Pacific on September 18 in Auckland, New Zealand.
He will also take the opportunity to hold bilateral meetings with other WHO
members.
Before attending the Regional Meeting, Dr Chow will make a four-day visit to
Wellington. He will call on his counterparts in the Ministry of Fisheries,
including the Hon Jim Anderton, Minister of Fisheries and Associate Minister of
Health, to learn more about the fisheries resources management regime in New
Zealand and see how reference can be drawn in respect of promoting the
sustainable development of the fisheries industry in Hong Kong.
He will also meet with the Waitangi Fisheries Commission, a statutory
organisation dedicated to future advancement of Maori interests in the marine
environment.
Dr Chow will visit the Ministry of Health, where he will be briefed on New
Zealand's health care system, particularly, the recently reformed primary health
care system, and its preparedness measures against influenza pandemic.
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority, the controlling authority for imports and
exports of food and food-related products, will introduce to Dr Chow the
country's food safety system.
Separately, Dr Chow will hold meetings with the Mrs Ruth Dyson, New Zealand's
Minister for Senior Citizens, Disability Issues, Labour, Accident Compensation
Corporation, and Associate Minister of Social Development and Employment (Child,
Youth and Family), Mr Tony Ryall, Opposition spokesman on Health, and Ms Sue
Kedgley, chairperson of the Select Committee on Health of the New Zealand
Parliament.
Dr Chow will also visit a retirement village to see the community and care
facilities there.
He will arrive in New Zealand tomorrow (September 12) and return to Hong Kong on
September 19.
Ends/Monday, September 11, 2006
Issued at HKT 19:01
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