Council Meeting (Agenda) 11 February 2009

II. Questions

1. Hon Audrey EU to ask: (Translation)

A number of confirmed cases of human infection of avian influenza have occurred on the Mainland since January this year, resulting in five deaths. At the same time, the World Health Organization ("WHO") has indicated that there is an increasing likelihood of a major global outbreak of influenza on a scale similar to that in 1968. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council: Public Officer to reply : Secretary for Food and Health

2. Dr Hon LEUNG Ka-lau to ask: (Translation)

At present, the Government provides medical benefits to civil servants, retired civil servants, and their eligible dependants ("civil service medical benefits") and the Hospital Authority ("HA") is the major service provider. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council: whether it knows the numbers of "in-patient days", "discharges and deaths", "accident and emergency services attendances", "specialist out-patient (clinical) attendances" and "general out-patient attendances" in respect of the above persons who used HA's services in each of the past three years, as well as the respective percentages of such numbers in the relevant totals; based on the "unit costs" referred to in HA's Annual Report, of the total costs for the provision of civil service medical benefits by HA in the past three years; and in order to provide services to the above persons, the resultant increase in the average number of days that new cases of the out-patient clinics of each specialty have to wait at present;

Public Officer to reply : Secretary for the Civil Service

3. Hon WONG Yuk-man to ask: (Translation)

In as early as 1994, all appointed seats of District Boards ("DBs") were abolished, and all DB members (except the 27 ex-officio members of the New Territories DBs, who were all Rural Committee chairmen) were returned by geographical constituencies....

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