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[...] savings, so she does not have to fall [...]

Learned basic principles how to make yourself a good person: Through practice, we learned what it really means by seriousness, humbleness, broad bosom, optimism, enthusiasm, charity, diligentness and thriftness.

Mr CHAN Hak-kan sought the [...] [...]

[...] views on Mr CHAN Hak-kan's proposal, [...]

MR CHAN HAK-KAN (in Cantonese): [...] [...]

[...] “constraint-based” or frugal innovation, these [...] [...]

For example, U.S. multinational corporations are in a position to create internship and work/study opportunities for graduate students to provide cutting-edge training and exposure to working in diverse cultures.

It has changed the Organization drastically from being a good multilateral employer to an institution in which efficacy and performance have respectively become synonymous with drastic cuts and savings.

[...] [...] EU and Mr CHAN Hak-kan are actually [...]

MR CHAN HAK-KAN (in Cantonese): [...] [...]

[...] [...] thorough; Mr CHAN Hak-kan proposes various [...] [...]

(Post-meeting note: Mr CHAN Hak-kan's letter to [...] [...]

Holding the view that the exclusion of certain sensitive health data might affect the quality of care provided to patients, Mr CHAN Hak-kan sought information on overseas experience on how to balance patients' privacy and access to comprehensive medical information of patients by healthcare professionals.

Both Mr CHAN Hak-kan and Mr CHAN [...] [...]

[...] moved by Mr CHAN Hak-kan was "Caring [...] [...]

To add “; (m) to assist the industries in resolving the technical problems that occur after the implementation of the scheme for the replacement of Euro II diesel commercial vehicles, with a view to ensuring that the repair, design and parts availability, etc., of the new vehicles after replacement can tie in with the operation of the industries; (n) to study and consult the public and the transport sector on a specific proposal of designating ‘low emission zones’; (o) to require power companies in Hong Kong to fully adopt low-emission power generation technologies and clean fuel for power generation on the premise of not increasing electricity tariffs and affecting public health, with a view to alleviating the air pollution caused by power generation emission in Hong Kong; and (p) to classify the related diseases contracted by employees who have to work outdoors under severe air pollution conditions as occupational diseases” immediately before the full stop.

[...] moved by Mr CHAN Hak-kan was "Concern [...] [...]

[...] [...] Operations and Field Support had overcome initial challenges [...] [...]

(b) Other austerity measures related [...] [...]

[...] moved by Mr CHAN Hak-kan and Dr Philip [...] [...]

We fully appreciate the desire to have balance accorded to all these topics, but common sense and fiscal prudence seem to suggest that you should not feel it incumbent upon you to call a meeting if you have determined that there are no further requests to speak on a given topic.

To add “; (p) establishing an ‘advisory committee on green economy’ and appointing representatives from different industries to sit on it, turning the notion of green economy into different types of front-line jobs so as to create more employment opportunities, and assisting the entire population in boarding the express train of green economy; and (q) enhancing education and publicity to instil the concept of green living in the public” immediately before the full stop.

Pointing out that the priority use for Tamiflu should be for treatment of severe influenza illness, Mr CHAN Hak-kan expressed concern that the present excessive use of Tamiflu for relatively mild influenza illness would result in a rise in cases of Tamiflu resistance to HSI virus.

To add “; (m) to improve and develop footbridge and subway networks, and encourage people to make more use of public transportation and mass transit systems; (n) to expeditiously legislate to ban idling vehicles with running engines, subsidize franchised bus companies to replace their high-polluting old-model vehicles, designate ‘low emission zones’ in areas with serious air pollution and restrict the entry of heavy diesel vehicles with high emissions into such zones, so as to improve roadside air quality; (o) to adopt the World Health Organization’s Air Quality Guidelines for setting air quality benchmarks and the timetable for achieving such benchmarks, and amend the Air Pollution Control Ordinance to make ‘protecting public health’ a statutory requirement; and (p) to expeditiously and directly subsidize people to use compact fluorescent lamps and other energy-saving products” immediately before the full stop.