But Provisional Urban Council Ronald Leung Ding-bong slammed the government's proposal to take back the councils'work on food safety and environmental hygiene as unfair.
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This development was also seen in the organisation structure; new departments in Epidemiology and Environmental Health ( originally Toxicology and Environmental Hygiene ) were founded.
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Mr Tung said : " The government and the community must join hands to do a lot more in order to improve our environmental hygiene.
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The birds were killed after 13 dead chickens were found in the shop on Monday, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said in a statement.
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Under the proposal, the urban and regional councils will be merged into a city council that will continue to look after food safety and environmental hygiene.
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Established in 2006, it replaced the role formerly under Food and Environmental Hygiene Department ( created 1999 ) and Urban Services Department ( pre 1999 ).
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Baetjer served as an advisor to the National Research Council, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Army Environmental Hygiene Agency, and the Office of the Surgeon General.
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Initially, three functional select committees were planned : the Ways and Means Select Committee, the Environmental Hygiene Select Committee, and the Recreation and Culture Select Committee.
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The Health Ministry, however, has instructed local governments to apply measures to protect people who come in contact with poultry and maintain environmental hygiene, he said.
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The functions of the councils were replaced by two newly established government departments, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
