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That baby had died, so she knew Longlong’s illness was serious.

[...] [...] some cash before escaping.

[...] [...] death rateand age distribution.

Uncoordinated strategies aimed at coping with forced migration caused by sealevel rise may create social and political tensions, which may derail efforts in peacebuilding and post-conflict stabilization and become a threat to international peace and security, as outlined in the report of the Secretary-General (A/64/350).

[...] [...] child mortality, early deaths and malnutrition.

Second, the health care standard in Hong Kong is very high and our low infant mortality rate and high life expectancy can compare favourably with those in other neighbouring countries, if not better.

If there is any doubt as to the truth of what we are saying, we would ask why some have used the so-called right of veto 48 times to protect Israeli aggression and occupation, most recently a scant two months ago — a veto that led to the aborting of an international resolution condemning Israeli settlement of occupied Palestinian land.

The conflicts between the two universities, the dying associate degree programmes, the "cut-throat sales" of academic researches, and damn curses on unfavourable indicators… all these have brought the author to wordless grief.

Without such access, at least one-third of such children die before their first birthday and at least one-half die before their second birthday.

When they found that it did not work — since the Second Reading may not be able to go ahead then — they tried to prolong the debate to give a helping hand to the Government.

Since we are aware of a number of black spots because the malpractices of the relevant shops were criticized, is it possible to work with the HKPF and the C&ED (and the former in particular) to step up enforcement actions targeting those black spots, so that criminals will not be able to get away easily and continue to engage in malpractices that tarnish Hong Kong's reputation?

Thanks to the multitudinous efforts, our health indices such as life expectancy and infant mortality rate are globally top rate.

If we look at the amounts of resources we have invested and the public health indicators, such as the infant mortality rate, we will see that we have in fact done very well in achieving cost-efficiency.

This pro-democratic movement wasthus aborted and corruption and decadence then ruled over China, and so the seeds of man-made disasters in the wake of the reform and opening were sown.

We grieve for the millions of innocent children around the world whose lives have been taken violently and prematurely by armed conflict and for the millions of other children who continue to suffer the traumas of armed conflict.

Thus, from the very beginning, most peacekeeping operations start as competitors of local systems and, by virtue of being in a position of power, contribute to the decapitation of local structures.

However, an explanatory report (the Virgos-Schmit Report),16 prepared with respect to the European Convention, provided guidance on the concept of “main insolvency proceedings” and notwithstanding the subsequent demise of the convention, the Report has been accepted generally as an aid to interpretation of the term “centre of main interests” in the EC Regulation.

Hong Kong enjoys one of the longest life expectancies (average 77.6 years) and the lowest infant mortality rates (6.4 per 1 000 live births) in the world.

When the police complete their investigation, many witnesses may even have died already; when the police complete their investigation, all evidence may have disappeared, and important witnesses may have escaped.

[...] to prevent premature deaths and [...]

Dr Rosa MA, Chairman, was strongly opposed to the development of IWMF lest this would adverse affect the health of neighbouring residents, since a number of medical reports had already established that emissions from waste incineration could cause significantly higher rates of birth defects, infant deaths and chronic diseases (including asthma and cancers).

The main policy objectives are reduction of infant mortality, diseases and disabilities, and premature deaths, thereby increasing life expectancy, improvement of the environment and control of communicable diseases.

For thosewho are impressed by Hong Kong's low infant mortality rates, longevity of our men and women and our successful control of communicable diseases, the obvious questions are: What has gone wrong with our health services?