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studying these proposals and will be consulting the public
around the middle of 1991. Another working party set up at
the same time to study the use and practice of traditional
Chinese medicine in Hong Kong continued its deliberations
throughout the year. It will make an interim report before
the summer of 1991.
41. A Preparatory Committee was appointed to plan and
prepare for the formation of the Hong Kong Academy of
Medicine, which will be responsible for organising and supervising post-graduate and continuing medical education
and the accreditation of specialist status. The aim is that
the Academy should come into being in 1991.
March 1991.
42. The most significant event in the welfare field during
1990 was probably the publication, for the purpose of public
consultation, of a draft White Paper on social welfare
policies for the 1990's and beyond. Following a 3 month
consultation period, the White Paper was published in
Similarly, the policies and services for the rehabilitation of disabled persons will be reviewed
comprehensively in 1991 with the intention of publishing a Green Paper in the second half of the year. The Green Paper will set out proposals to ensure that the needs of disabled persons will continue to be met in the next decade and
beyond.
43. In the field of education, the Hong Kong Government
have adopted a two-pronged strategy for the 1990s; to
increase education and to improve the quality of education at primary and secondary schools.
44.
Detailed measures to increase the provision of first year degree places from 7,000 in 1989-90 to 15,000 by
1994-95 (an increase from 8 per cent to 18 per cent of the 17-20 age group) were submitted by local tertiary institutions in early 1990 and accepted for implementation.
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