The minutes were confirmed on 20 August 2020 without further amendment required.

Minutes of the Second Meeting of Healthcare and Food Safety Committee under District Council in 2020

Date: 27 April 2020 (Monday)

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 01:10 p.m.

Venue: Conference Room, 13/F., Yuen Long Government Offices, 2 Kiu Lok Square, Yuen Long

Present Time of Arrival Time of Withdrawal Chairman: ： Mr. HO Wai-pan Beginning of the End of the meeting meeting Vice-chair ︰ Mr. LAI Kwok-wing, Samuel Beginning of the End of the man: meeting meeting Members: ︰ Mr. AU Kwok-kuen Beginning of the End of the meeting meeting Ms. CHAN Mei-lin Beginning of the End of the meeting meeting Mr. Chan Shu Fai, Eddie 10:10 a.m. End of the meeting Ms. CHAN Sze-nga Beginning of the End of the meeting meeting Mr. CHEUNG Sau-yin Beginning of the End of the meeting meeting Mr. FONG Ho-hin Beginning of the End of the meeting meeting Mr. HAU Man-kin Beginning of the End of the meeting meeting Mr. HONG Chin-wah Beginning of the End of the meeting meeting Mr. KWAN Chun-sang Beginning of the End of the meeting meeting Mr. KWOK Man-ho 10:25 a.m. End of the meeting Mr. LAM Chun Beginning of the End of the meeting meeting Mr LEUNG Tak-ming 10:10 a.m. End of the meeting Mr LI Chung-chi Beginning of the End of the

1 meeting meeting Mr MAK Ip-sing Beginning of the 11:35 a.m. meeting Mr. MO Kai-hong 10:05 a.m. End of the meeting Mr NG Kin-wai Beginning of the End of the meeting meeting Ms. NG Yuk-ying Beginning of the End of the meeting meeting Mr SHEK King-ching Beginning of the End of the meeting meeting Mr. TO Ka-lun Beginning of the End of the meeting meeting Mr. WONG Wai-yin, Zachary Beginning of the 11:00 a.m. meeting Ms WONG Wing-sze Beginning of the End of the meeting meeting

Secretary : Miss. YAM Chin Man, Executive Officer (District Council)7, Yuen Fiona Long District Office

In Attendance Ms. PANG Ka Fong, Senior Executive Officer (District Council), Cindy Office Ms. OR Lai Kum, Senior Liaison Officer (3), Yuen Long Christina District Office Mr MAN Mei-kwai, Jimmy, BBS Mr SZETO Pok-man Item III(1) Mr. CHU Wai-hong, Senior Project Manager, Lawrence Council on Smoking and Health Mr. WONG Zi-fung Project Manager, Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health

Item III(2) Ms. NG Sze-wing Project Manager, Jockey Club Caring Communities for Dementia Campaign, St. James’ Settlement Ms. O Wing-man Project Officer, Jockey Club Caring Communities for Dementia Campaign, St.

2 James’ Settlement Item III(3) Dr CHONG Yee-hung Chief Executive (HCE) of and Hospital, Dr MOK Chun-keung, Deputy Hospital Chief Executive, Tuen Mun Francis Hospital, Hospital Authority

Item IV(1) Dr CHONG Yee-hung Hospital Chief Executive (HCE) of Pok Oi Hospital and , Dr MOK Chun-keung, Hospital Authority Francis Deputy Hospital Chief Executive, , Hospital Authority

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Opening Remarks The Chairman welcomed Members and representatives to the second meeting in 2020.

Item I: Confirmation of the minutes of the first meeting in 2020 2. Members unanimously confirmed the above-mentioned minutes.

Item II: Endorsement of the proposed schedule of meetings for Healthcare and Food Safety Committee (H&FSC) under Yuen Long District Council (YLDC) in 2020 (H&FSC Paper No.1/2020) 3. Members unanimously confirmed the above-mentioned meeting schedule.

Item III: Items referred from YLDC: (1) Briefing on the “Quit to Win” Smoke-free Community Campaign (H&FSC Paper No.2/2020) 4. Mr. Lawrence CHU, Senior Project Manager of the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health gave a brief introduction to the “Quit to Win” Smoke-free Community Campaign and said that the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health

3 encouraged smokers to quit smoking by holding smoking cessation contest and it was expected that the YLDC could support this campaign. The Council would distribute publications and brochures and it was also expected that the YLDC could work with the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health to hold activities together. The Council would provide a subsidy of HK$30,000 to each district for district organisations to hold activities in various forms. While introducing activity agenda, Mr. Lawrence CHU said that the activities might be rescheduled and not be held on the dates as suggested, depending on the situation of the pandemic.

5. Views raised by Members were extracted as follows:

(1) Members enquired whether it was possible for items in circulation documents of the YLDC Meeting that had been vetoed to be voted again by the Committee;

(2) Members enquired whether the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health had to choose Tin Shui Wai Women Association Limited as its district partner in Yuen Long and how it would invite others to be its district partners;

(3) Members enquired whether the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health had ever cooperated with other organisations of Yuen Long in the past 10 years;

(4) Members pointed out that the majority of smokers were men and therefore cooperating with Tin Shui Wai Women Association Limited might not be an effective choice with a view to aiming at the target group;

(5) Members suggested extending the ban on smoking;

(6) Members enquired whether e-cigarette quitting would be included in this campaign;

(7) Members enquired whether this campaign would cover rural areas of Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai as its service objects;

(8) Members were suspicious of the past achievements of this campaign;

(9) Members suggested that the population and acreage of districts should be taken into consideration on fund allocation.

4 (10) Members enquired about the channels of looking for partners;

(11) Members enquired why there was more than one partner in some districts and whether the organisations involved were affiliated;

(12) Members suggested that while looking for partners, decision making should be based on considerations from different angles, such as regional factors and target groups;

(13) Members enquired whether the funding guidelines and the amount of funds to be allocated would be disclosed so that organisations could think about whether to apply for it or not;

(14) Members pointed out that considering the impact of the pandemic, the activity schedule might be too tight and suggested that postponement should be made;

(15) Members suggested introducing retesting mechanism so as to help quitters to maintain smoking abstinence; and

(16) Members suggested that the age range for eligible participants should be adjusted and wondered whether smokers under 18 could participate in this campaign and whether gifts, to which young smokers were attracted, would be provided so that this campaign could be more attractive to them.

The replies of Mr. Lawrence CHU were extracted as follows:

(1) he welcomed the YLDC to recommend district partners. And if no organisation was recommended, the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health would also contact other organisations in the hope of going into partnership with different organisations, thus extending service coverage to more citizens;

(2) the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health had been recommending that the government should strengthen the tobacco control policy in an all-round way, including extending the ban on smoking, and it would continue working on related advocating work in the future;

(3) he encouraged smokers of all smoking products (including e-cigarettes and heat-not-burn (HNB) tobacco products) to participate in the “Quit

5 to Win” Smoke-free Community Campaign;

(4) the “Quit to Win” Smoke-free Community Campaign would cover as many rural areas near to Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai as possible and councillors were welcomed to recommend appropriate locations of this district;

(5) last year, the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health successfully recruited 1000 people to participate in the “Quit to Win” Smoke-free Community Campaign with satisfactory results;

(6) the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health would think about the suggestion of adjusting the amount of funds to be allocated in days to come;

(7) with regard to looking for district partners, the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health relied on District Councils and district contact networks of District Offices. Besides, connections between the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health and more organisations would be built through online channels. the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health would also contact its partners of other activities held before;

(8) district partners of some districts were district “Healthy & Safe Cities” and smoke-free publicity of the “Quit to Win” Smoke-free Community Campaign in some districts were coordinated by their respective District Offices. In some districts, the “Quit to Win” Smoke-free Community Campaign was held by more than one organisation and the organisations involved were not affiliated to each other. There was no established mode for the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health to look for district partners;

(9) District Councils had nominated district partners before and the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health had also recruited district partners openly. Organisations could contact the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health to get proposals, funding guidelines and other materials before submitting their applications. He added that the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health might also consider disclosing those materials to organisations;

(10) there were backup plans prepared for the uncertainties brought by the pandemic, including backup schedules, which could also be provided to

6 organisations for reference;

(11) participants of the “Quit to Win” Smoke-free Community Campaign must self-report their progress on smoking cessation in follow-up interviews. The Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health and the research institution of this campaign would test participants to verify whether they had quitted smoking successfully at 3-month follow-up. Besides, retesting would be conducted at 6-month follow-up. If necessary, relatives and friends of participants would be invited to make validation on questionnaires in non-biochemical ways; and

(12) restricted by some rules, smokers under 18 would not be included as eligible participants of the “Quit to Win” Smoke-free Community Campaign. However, they would be referred to the Youth Quitline of the University of Hong Kong and other smoking cessation campaigns on the spot;

8. Ms. Cindy PANG, Secretary of the YLDC said that since items had been voted in the YLDC Meeting in the form of document circulation before, by principle, the Committee was not allowed to overturn decisions that had been made in the YLDC Meeting. If it was agreed by the Committee, the referred “Quit to Win” Smoke-free Community Campaign would be re-referred to a YLDC Meeting for discussion and voting.

9. The Chairman concluded that the Committee agreed to re-refer the “Quit to Win” Smoke-free Community Campaign to the YLDC Meeting for follow-up and thanked the project representative for attending this meeting.

(2) Briefing on the Jockey Club Caring Communities for Dementia Campaign organised by St James’ Settlement 10. Ms. NG Sze-wing, Project Manager of the Jockey Club Caring Communities for Dementia Campaign of the St. James’ Settlement introduced the Jockey Club Caring Communities for Dementia Campaign. Ms. NG Sze-wing gave a brief introduction to the current situation of dementia in Hong Kong. Ms. NG Sze-wing introduced donor, organiser and co-organiser of this Campaign. The purpose of this Campaign was to promote the establishment of friendly communities for dementia and support elderlies who were at risk of getting lost. Ms. NG Sze-wing introduced the positioning device “ibeacons” and the application “Caring Communities for Dementia Campaign” and welcomed councillors to contact her for support services like giving lectures in communities.

7 11. Views raised by Members were extracted as follows:

(1) Members enquired about the detailed usage of “ibeacons”;

(2) Members considered that introducing more promotion approaches, for example, holding carnivals at public housing estates, would be more effective than holding lectures;

(3) Members were interested in participating in the design of promotional materials and suggested extending promotion to young people and young couples;

(4) Members suggested providing more supports to family members of people with dementia;

(5) Members enquired how district councillors could help find people with dementia when they got lost quickly;

(6) Members suggested that local person like security guards of residential estates and staff of shops should be included in this Campaign, which would be helpful to finding people with dementia when they got lost quickly; and

(7) Members enquired how to effectively recommend “ibeacons” to people with dementia and let them accept it.

12. Replies of Ms. NG Sze-wing, Project Manager of the Jockey Club Caring Communities for Dementia Campaign of the St. James’ Settlement were extracted as follows:

(1) whether to recommend elderlies to apply for using the Bluetooth “ibeacons” or not should be decided according to specific cases. For example, priority should be given to elderlies who didn’t have a communication device with GPS or had no family members that could help charge their devices;

(2) she welcomed district councillors to cooperate with the St James’ Settlement and said that customised cooperation plans could be made;

(3) she pointed out that giving education and support to community members of people with dementia was as important as giving that to family members of people with dementia;

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(4) she expected that the “ibeacons” and the application “Caring Communities for Dementia Campaign” could attract public attention so that this Campaign could be further promoted; and

(5) to effectively recommend “ibeacons” to people with dementia and make it more acceptable to them, she suggested posting photos of family members on it or putting it near to other frequently used items of people with dementia.

13. The Chairman concluded that the Jockey Club Caring Communities for Dementia Campaign could send emails to councillors first and councillors who were interested in it could replied their contact information by then, and thanked the project representative for attending this meeting.

(3) The overall anti-epidemic work and related service arrangements of the Hospital Authority (H&FSC Paper No.6/2020) 14. Dr CHONG Yee-hung, Representative of the Hospital Authority and Hospital Chief Executive of Pok Oi Hospital and Tin Shui Wai Hospital and Dr Francis MOK, Deputy Hospital Chief Executive of Tuen Mun Hospital of the Hospital Authority introduced anti-pandemic work as a whole and related service arrangements. Dr Francis MOK introduced the key points of anti-pandemic work that covered four major categories, including enhancing laboratory surveillance, adjusting service volume of the hospital, reducing people flow in the hospital and protective equipment. At present, the inventory of protective equipment was sufficient for two months and was being purchased. In West Cluster, Tuen Mun Hospital was responsible for treating patients with COVID-19 and patients who needed to be tested and had not been confirmed as cases of COVID-19 infections would be accepted by Tuen Mun Hospital, Pok Oi Hospital and Tin Shui Wai Hospital. Currently, isolation beds and monitoring beds had been added to Tuen Mun Hospital and Pok Oi Hospital and some non-emergency surgeries and examinations had been postponed. New Territories West Cluster had reorganised ambulatory service and outreach service, rescheduled follow-up dates for specialist outpatient clinic and full-time medical service for those in need and strengthened drug refill service. Besides, private institutions had rolled out dispensing services set for patients of specialist outpatient clinic and the layout and seating arrangement of restaurants and tea rooms had been improved. Tuen Mun Hospital had also dealt with the first confirmed local cases of dengue fever of Hong Kong this year. In the future, the Hospital Authority would continue to maintain close contact with the government to monitor the latest development of COVID-19.

9 15. Views raised by Members were extracted as follows:

(1) Members enquired recent turnover rates of medical staff in Tuen Mun Hospital, Pok Oi Hospital and Tin Shui Wai Hospital;

(2) Members enquired whether mainland medical staff had been introduced to Hong Kong;

(3) Members enquired cases in which medical staff of Pok Oi Hospital were infected with COVID-19 and future preventive measures;

(4) Members suggested that overtime allowance and other supports should be granted to medical staff continuously even after COVID-19 pandemic;

(5) Members praised the Hospital Authority for it was willing to communicate with the YLDC on coping with COVID-19.

(6) Members enquired whether medical staff should use masks donated by the public according to the Hospital Authority and whether medical staff who were infected with COVID-19 while using masks donated by the public could still be entitled to the protection under the labour laws;

(7) Members enquired whether medical staff were forbidden to use their own masks;

(8) Members said that there was a low inventory level of N95 masks and enquired whether the cooperative relationship between the Hospital Authority and the NANO MASK Hong Kong production was a long-term one and related delivery periods;

(9) Members put forward that during the outbreak, it was difficult for the public to contact the Hospital Authority to make enquiries or change their follow-up dates and therefore suggested that more staff should be deployed to deal with these problems;

(10) Members were concerned about the locations of designated clinics and worried that the sitting of these clinics would cause public uneasiness. Therefore, Members hoped that the Hospital Authority could maintain communication with local communities;

(11) Members suggested that the medical system, including isolation

10 facilities, should be further improved, especially staffing;

(12) Members enquired whether there were mobile facilities to meet the huge medical needs in the short term;

(13) Members enquired whether there were restrictions on the number of masks that staff of the Hospital Authority could use every day and whether they were required to register their name while receiving masks;

(14) Members enquired whether medical staff infected with COVID-19 would receive compensation from labour insurance of the Hospital Authority;

(15) Members enquired about the present utilization rates of negative pressure wards and beds in Tuen Mun Hospital;

(16) Members enquired that before the Hospital Authority considered converting beds and negative pressure wards to their original use, to which level their utilization rates should have dropped;

(17) Members invited the Hospital Authority to be a standing department of the Committee and send representative to every meeting of the Committee; and

(18) Members enquired about the contrastive figures of the numbers of staff, equipment and beds for specialised service and emergency service from January to March last year and that of this year.

16. Replies of Dr CHONG Yee-hung, Representative of the Hospital Authority and Hospital Chief Executive of Pok Oi Hospital and Tin Shui Wai Hospital were extracted as follows:

(1) recent turnover rate of medical staff was similar to that in the past and there was no abnormal change;

(2) medical staff were regulated by law, and those from mainland or overseas need to comply with relevant regulations before practicing in Hong Kong;

(3) earlier, a long-term hospitalized male elder was infected with COVID-19 in Pok Oi Hospital, and there was also a medical staff who

11 was infected. It was believed that they were infected during nursing processes. More than 500 people with close contact with the two persons mentioned above were followed up by Pok Oi Hospital and tested for COVID-19. And they all tested negative. The Hospital Authority attached importance to hand hygiene of medical staff to avoid cross infection;

(4) the Hospital Authority relied on district support from District Councils to fight the pandemic together;

(5) medical staff were insured;

(6) the public could contact the Hospital Authority to change their follow-up dates. In addition, medically stable patients with long-term illness could get medicines first and come back for follow-up visits later;

(7) at present, there was little chance of using designated clinics. And he expected to invite district councillors to visit designated clinics after the outbreak to exchange views;

(8) the hardware matching of the medical system could also be improved. Tin Shui Wai Hospital was relatively new and had negative pressure wards. Besides, Pok Oi Hospital, Tin Shui Wai Hospital and Tuen Mun Hospital had been included in the second 10-year hospital development plan. Dr CHONG Yee-hung was also concerned about the population growth and hospital capacity of Yuen Long and Tuen Mun. He hoped to discuss with District Councils at other places and on other aspects again in the future;

(9) Asia World-Expo, which provided COVID-19 test services to inbound travellers from oversea, was one of the mobile facilities that were responsible for meeting the huge medical needs in the short term. However, other venues were needed for the quarantine arrangements for elderly homes;

(10) if medical staff were infected with COVID-19 due to work reasons, the Hospital Authority would deal with matters related to labour insurance case by case according to specific situations; and

(11) he was willing to attend District Council meetings to discuss medical matters related to the Hospital Authority and hoped that he could invite

12 councillors to make on-the-spot inspections to the . However, whether the Hospital Authority could be a standing department of the Committee needed to be decided by the Hospital Authority Head Office after consulting the Food and Health Bureau.

17. Replies of Dr Francis MOK, Deputy Hospital Chief Executive of Tuen Mun Hospital of the Hospital Authority were extracted as follows:

(1) he estimated that it would take about one year to unblock other services delayed due to COVID-19;

(2) the infection control group would check whether masks donated by the public were suitable to be distributed to medical staff or patients;

(3) according to the guidelines of the Hospital Authority, medical staff could use self-prepared masks but they needed to report to their department heads and give these masks to the infection control group for checking whether these masks were applicable;

(4) N95 masks and surgical masks were employed in different occasions and the supply of NANO MASK was stable. And the Hospital Authority would review its partnership with NANO MASK Hong Kong production in due time;

(5) in New Territories West Cluster, there were no restriction on the number of masks that a medical staff could use every day, but it was suggested that each clerk should only use one mask per day. In view of the low inventory level, departments were required to make records while receiving masks and each department had its own way of making records;

(6) he added that taking tuberculosis (TB) in the past as an example, medical staff were also entitled to sick leave due to infection. Up to now, no medical staff had sued the Hospital Authority for not giving compensation;

(7) at present, more than 60 patients used negative pressure beds. During the peak period, the utilization rate was 80%, with about 90 patients using them;

(8) at the peak period of the pandemic, the hospital had added several isolation wards and monitoring wards. And when the pandemic slowed

13 down, the hospital would consider turning isolation wards back into general wards. However, the newly added isolation wards would not be all restored to general wards until the pandemic ended completely. Another option is to retain these facilities as dual-purpose negative pressure or general wards for future use. In addition, the number of beds in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) was sufficient. Drawing upon foreign experience, operating rooms could be used to take care of patients with intensive care needs temporarily; and

(9) the numbers of staff, equipment and beds for specialised service and emergency service were recorded all the time; However, concerning the difference between this year and last year, no comparison had been made.

18. Ms. Cindy PANG, Secretary of the YLDC added that during this year’s YLDC Meeting, the YLDC had invited different departments to give their views to and act as standing departments of related Committees in view of their respective remits.

19. The Chairman concluded that councillors were concerned that the Hospital Authority might fail to give appropriate compensation to infected medical staff and hoped that the Hospital Authority could be a conscientious employer. In addition, as the outbreak was not expected to end in a short period of time, we would send an official invitation to the Hospital Authority inviting it to be a standing department of the Committee to report on the anti-pandemic work and regular specialised service and emergency service at meetings to be held this year.

(Post meeting note: the Secretariat had sent a letter to the Hospital Authority to forward Members’ views on 5 May 2020.)

Item IV: Questions raised by Members: (1) Mr WONG Wai-yin, Zachary, Mr MAK Ip-sing, Mr SHEK King-ching, Mr CHEUNG Sau-yin, Mr FONG Ho-hin, Mr LAI Kwok-wing, Samuel, Mr LEUNG Tak-ming, Mr CHAN Shu-fai, Mr AU Kwok-kuen, Mr HAU Man-kin, Ms CHAN Mei-lin, Ms NG Yuk-ying, Mr LAM Chun, Ms CHAN Sze-nga, Mr NG Kin-wai, Mr HONG Chin-wah, Mr KWOK Man-ho, Mr KWAN Chun-sang, Mr MO Kai-hong, Mr TO Ka-lun, Ms WONG Wing-sze and Mr HO Wai-pan requested the Hospital Authority to explain whether it would institute disciplinary action against the employees involved in the strike (H&FSC Paper No.3/2020) 20. Views raised by Members were extracted as follows:

14 (1) Members pointed out that the health care system was unable to cope with vast amount of additional cases caused by the outbreak, and since the reason for the strike of medical staff was for the public interest and health, they should not be punished;

(2) Members enquired whether medical staff involved in the strike would be second guessed since the Hospital Authority had collected their names;

(3) Members asked the representative to forward Members’ views to the headquarter of the Hospital Authority;

(4) Members enquired about the current morale of medical staff;

(5) Members suggested that the management of the Hospital Authority should communicate with the Staff Union;

(6) Members pointed out that during the strike, there were also medical staff who worked on shifts to maintain medical services; and

(7) Members pointed out that the YLDC was authorized by the will of the people and it was reflecting public opinions.

21. Replies of Dr CHONG Yee-hung, Representative of the Hospital Authority and Hospital Chief Executive of Pok Oi Hospital and Tin Shui Wai Hospital were extracted as follows:

(1) he would forward Members’ views to the headquarter of the Hospital Authority;

(2) matters concerned would be dealt with together by the headquarter in accordance with law and manpower clauses; and

(3) at present, both medical staff who involved in the strike and those who did not were focused on fighting against the pandemic.

22. The Chairman made a conclusion and asked the representative to forward the views of Members to the headquarter of the Hospital Authority and thanked the representative for attending this meeting.

15 (2) Mr HONG Chin-wah queried the latest progress and transitional arrangements of the District Health Centre (H&FSC Paper No.4/2020) 23. Views raised by Members were extracted as follows:

(1) Members enquired about the mode of operation and criteria for approval of operators of related District Health Centres;

(2) Members were concerned about the siting of District Health Centres and required that before deciding locations for District Health Centres, communications with the YLDC should be arranged;

(3) Members enquired about the overall publicity and planning of related District Health Centres;

(4) Members suggested that related matters should be designated as matters arising and the Committee should invite the Food and Health Bureau to the next meeting of the Healthcare and Food Safety Committee so that questioned raised by Members could be answered;

(5) Members enquired about the number of District Health Centres and Affiliated Centres that were planned to be established in Yuen Long District.

24. The Chairman concluded that the Committee would send a letter to the Food and Health Bureau to learn about the planning arrangements of District Health Centres in Yuen Long District, including progress and schedule. He also asked the Secretariat to invite the Food and Health Bureau to the next meeting of the Healthcare and Food Safety Committee to be held on 21 May.

(Post meeting note: the Secretariat had sent a letter to the Food and Health Bureau to forward Members’ views on 4 May 2020.)

(3) Mr LAI Kwok-wing, Samuel, Mr CHAN Shu-fai and Mr LEUNG Tak-ming requested the Department of Health to review the method of announcing the “List of buildings of the confinees under mandatory quarantine according to Cap. 599C of Hong Kong Laws” (H&FSC Paper No.5/2020) 25. Views raised by Members were extracted as follows:

(1) Members regretted that the Department of Health did not attend the meeting; and

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(2) Members were concerned about the reason for not updating the list, which caused anxieties in service providers of relevant buildings;

26. The Chairman concluded that the Committee would send a letter to the Department of Health to enquire about the above-mentioned questions and invite the Department of Health to the next meeting of the Healthcare and Food Safety Committee to be held on 21 May.

(Post meeting note: the Secretariat had sent a letter to the Department of Health to forward Members’ views on 4 May 2020.)

Item IV: Any other business Inviting the Food and Health Bureau and the Department of Health to be Standing Departments 27. Members suggested that the Food and Health Bureau and the Department of Health should be invited to be standing departments of the Healthcare and Food Safety Committee.

28. The Chairman concluded that the Committee would send letters to the Food and Health Bureau, the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority to invite them to be standing departments of the Healthcare and Food Safety Committee.

29. There being no other business, the meeting ended at 1 p.m.

(Post meeting note: the Secretariat had sent a letter to the Food and Health Bureau, the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority to forward Members’ views on 5 May 2020.)

Yuen Long District Council Secretariat July 2020

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