Following is the transcript of remarks made by the Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, before attending a meeting of the Legislative Council Panel on Food Safety and Environmental Hygiene this afternoon (June 9):

Reporter: (On the issuance of the Red Outbound Travel Alert on Korea.)

Secretary for Food and Health: I accept the criticism of the issuance of the health travel advice and the Red (Outbound) Travel Alert in a short sequence (of time).

(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)

Ends/Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Issued at HKT 15:53

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