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MDHIAN 6045
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FM HONG KONG
TO DESKBY 021130Z FCO
TELNO 465
OF 021020Z FEBRUARY 88
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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4 FEB 1988
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MY TELNO 432: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: WHITE PAPER
AT THE PART II MEETING THIS MORNING (2 FEBRUARY) EXCO MEMBERS
ADVISED THAT THE WHITE PAPER BE APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION SUBJECT
TO THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS TO APPENDIX B:
·
(A) MEDICAL ELECTORAL DIVISION UNDER THE COLUMN HEADED
''ELECTORS'' DELETE ''MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (NOTE 4)'' AND ''MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG DENTAL ASSOCIATION (NOTE 4)
·
AMEND THE REMAINDER TO READ ''MEDICAL AND DENTAL
PRACTITIONERS REGISTERED OR DEEMED TO BE REGISTERED UNDER EITHER
THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION ORDINANCE OR THE DENTISTS REGISTRATION
ORDINANCE. 11
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(B) HEALTH CARE ELECTORAL DIVISION DELETE THE WORDS ''AS
CAPABLE OF INDEPENDENT PRACTICE WITHOUT SUPERVISION''
FOURTH CATEGORY.
(C) NOTE 4
DIVISION'
·
IN THE
AMEND ''THESE CONSTITUENCIES ΤΟ 'THIS ELECTORAL
DELETE ''THE ASSOCIATION CONCERNED'' AND SUBSTITUTE
THEREFOR ''THIS ASSOCIATION
(CAPITAL A)
·
2. THE PURPOSE OF THESE CHANGES IS TO SIMPLIFY THE DEFINITIONS OF
MEMBERSHIP OF THE ELECTORAL DIVISIONS IN THE NEW MEDICAL AND HEALTH
CARE CONSTITUENCY: THEY INVOLVE NO POINT OF PRINCIPLE. NEVERTHELESS
HMA PEKING MAY WISH TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF THE CHINESE TO THESE
AMENDMENTS WHEN HE HANDS OVER THE ADVANCE COPIES. THE COPIES TO BE
DESPATCHED TO YOU BY BAG ON 5 FEBRUARY WILL, OF COURSE, INCORPORATE
THE CORRECTED VERSION OF APPENDIX B.
WILSON
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