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First Meeting of Chinese Medicine Development Committee convened (with photo)

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The newly established Chinese Medicine Development Committee (the Committee), chaired by Dr KO Wing-man, Secretary for Food and Health, held its first meeting today (March 4).

“The Committee has discussed a number of key areas on the development of Chinese medicine in Hong Kong, including personnel training and professional development, Chinese medicine services, scientific research and Chinese medicines industry development, and set the future direction and targets for its focused areas of work.” a Government spokesman said.

To enable the Committee to focus its deliberation on the direction and long-term strategy of the development of Chinese medicines in Hong Kong, two standing sub-committees will be formed under the Committee, namely Chinese Medicine Practice Sub-committee (CMPSC) and Chinese Medicines Industry Sub-committee (CMISC). The sub-committees will conduct studies and give advices and recommendations to the Committee on the development of Chinese medicine practitioners industry and the Chinese medicines industry respectively.

The terms of reference of CMPSC are to:

The terms of reference of the CMISC are to:

The Chief Executive announced in his 2013 Policy Address the establishment of the Committee, to give recommendations to the Government concerning the direction and long-term strategy of the future development of Chinese medicines in Hong Kong. The Committee, chaired by the Secretary for Food and Health, comprises 16 non-official members from the Chinese medicine practitioners, the Chinese medicines trade, academia and the research, healthcare sectors and lay persons; as well as 4 ex-officio members, including the Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Health), Director of Health, Commissioner for Innovation and Technology and Chief Executive of the Hospital Authority.


Ends/Monday, March 4, 2013

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12 Apr 2019