SUPPLEMENTARY TO QUESTION NUMBER 5
JUNE 1988
IN LEGCO ON 15th JUNE 1988
DR. IP:
Sir, wil1
Government
give an
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH
AND WELFARE:
PROF. POON:
↓
SECRETARY
FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:
DR. HO:
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:
assurance that it would carry out further
consultation with doctors from all specialties
before putting the final proposals to the
Governor in Council?
Sir, I think this will depend on the nature of
the recommendations.
still
Certainly it appears that there
are matters which are controversial and I
would envisage that further consultation would
take place.
Sir, are there any paediatricians,
orthopaedic
surgeons and anaesthetists in the working
party?
Sir, as far as I am aware there are not. The
medical profession is fairly widely represented
on the working party but given the need to keep
the numbers to a reasonable size, it was not
possible to include members from all sub-
specialties.
Sir, how does the working party arrive at a
decision whether or not a specialty should have
a college?
Sir, the working party has not yet arrived at a
decision. I have not yet received its report
but in the interim report which was produced
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