Dr Ko Wing-man

Who said it?

23 Mar 2013

We don't intend to place the blame for the mistakes on our frontline law enforcement staff as they work very hard

Food and Health Secretary Dr Ko Wing-man apologising to the mainlanders...

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Apology to 12 cross-border travellers over mistaken milk powder arrests

22 Mar 2013

A lawmaker has attacked the government for refusing to say which infant milk formulas are restricted from being taken out of Hong Kong. The criticism came after Secretary for Food and Health Dr Ko...

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Formula curbs not aimed at mainland tourists, says food chief

6 Mar 2013

Ko Wing-man has responded to questions regarding the controversial two-tin cap on infant formula exports in an interview with the Beijing News published on Wednesday,

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Who said it?

23 Feb 2013

If I cried, or if I ever felt wrongly criticised, I felt it for my colleagues rather than myself

Health Secretary Dr Ko Wing-man on his experience fighting Sars

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Cross-border traders rush to stockpile milk formula ahead of curbs

1 Feb 2013

Cross-border traders were rushing to store up on milk formula on Friday morning, in the final hours before the government’s expected launch of new measures to curb the trade.

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Controls on milk formula likely soon, says health chief

30 Jan 2013

Secretary for Food and Health Dr Ko Wing-man said on Wednesday morning the government was studying the feasibility of adding the formula under the Reserved Commodities Ordinance to prevent...

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Opinion

The last straw for Terry Wong?

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Jake Van Der Kamp

iBonds are little help in easing inflation and a bad bet financially

3:55AM

The health minister acknowledged that the public was less satisfied with Leung Chun-ying’s policy address than with the maiden speeches of the last two leaders, adding that the current government...

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Briefs, December 2, 2012

Customers of a travel agency - whose licence was temporarily revoked after clients complained of being stranded abroad when the firm failed to pay their tour guides - said yesterday that they were...

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Private hospitals not watched closely enough, minister says

Secretary for Food and Health Dr Ko Wing-man admitted yesterday that the Department of Health "has not fully exercised its power" in monitoring private hospitals.

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Fire safety is non-negotiable

Imagine a raid by police on a 26th-floor bar filled with under-age drinkers, followed by a stampede as the young patrons headed down the fire escape.

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HEALTH

Beauty treatment guidelines 'ready next year'

Guidelines setting out risky medical treatments that beauty centres should not provide to clients should be ready by the middle of next year, the health chief said yesterday.

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HEALTH

Beauty clinic guidelines will have some legal force, minister says

Guidelines for the beauty industry to be drawn up by a government committee after four women fell dangerously ill following blood transfusions would have "certain functions in law enforcement"...

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