rendezvous

Judith Mackay

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Friday, August 11 2000

Nota: I met with Judith Mackay during the 11th world conference on Tobacco or Health in Chicago. A slightly different version of this interview was published in the daily journal of the conference (in the August 11th issue). We have had one previous rendez-vous with Judith on February 12, 1999.

Thank you Judith for accepting our rendez-vous. May I ask you to introduce yourself? 

Judith Mackay : I have lived in Hong Kong since 1967, initially working
as a hospital physician in university and government hospitals. In 1984 I left hospital medicine to concentrate on preventive rather than curative health, in particular tobacco control.

Rendez-vous 9 with Judith Mackay

Friday, February 12 1999

Thank you Judith for accepting our " rendez-vous ". May I ask you to introduce yourself ?

I am a medical graduate from Edinburgh University in Scotland, and I've have lived in Hong Kong since 1967, initially working as a hospital physician in university and government hospitals. In 1984 I left hospital medicine to concentrate on preventive rather than curative health, in particular tobacco control.

I was the founding Executive Director of the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health. I resigned in 1989 to establish the one-person Asian Consultancy on Tobacco Control, to facilitate the sharing of information, experience and expertise on tobacco control amongst countries in the Asia Pacific region.