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Transcript of remarks by SFH

Following is the transcript of remarks made by the Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, after attending a public function this afternoon (May 11):

Secretary for Food and Health: The Government is very concerned about the consequences of the filibustering by some of our Legislative Councilors against the Appropriation Bill. For the Food and Health Bureau, we are responsible for the provision of recurrent operating resources to the Hospital Authority (HA), so that the HA can continue to provide the necessary hospital and clinical services to Hong Kong people. There is also need for the HA to make timely purchase of the necessary medicines or equipment in the process of medical care. In this regard, (if the Appropriation Bill could not be passed) we might have to ask the HA to use its own reserve to run the services. However, we understand that this reserve could not maintain the services for a very long duration and there will be a rather serious impact on the operation of the HA and the provision of the much-needed hospital services to the public.

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


Ends/Saturday, May 11, 2013
Issued at HKT 20:21

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