The Working Party
and Training
On
Postgraduate Medical Education
Question No. 5
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Reply by the Secretary for Health and Welfare to a question asked by Dr the Hon Henrietta Ip
in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, 15 June 1988
5. DR. IP asked :
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Question: In relation to the Working Group on postgraduate att
Medical Education, will Government give an assurance that the Group, prior to finalising their report to Government, duly consult the relevant professional specialties, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, and Anaesthesiology, which, contrary to the provisional report, it intends to delete as being eligible for the formation of a college?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE :
sir,
The Working Párty on Postgraduate Medical Education
and Training issued an Interim Report in September 1987. In
that report, a list of possible colleges and specialty
boards which might form the proposed Hong Kong Academy of
Medicine was set out. The report made it clear that this
list was tentative only and sought further views on this
question from members of the medical profession. I expect
to receive the Working Party's final report in the autumn
and in the meantime it would be quite inappropriate for me
to require the Working party to carry out further
consultation on this or any other matter; this is for the
li forking Party to decide.
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Once the Working Party's final recommendations have
been received, I accept that it may be necessary to carry
out further consultation before the proposals are put to the Governor/in/Council for decision.