THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 7, 1928.
NOTICES.
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No. 498.
Regulation made by the Midwives Board under section 4 of the Midwives Ordinance, 1910, Ordinance No. 22 of 1910, on the 17th February, 1928.
Clause 3 (1) (d) of the Regulations made by the Midwives Board under section 4 of the Midwives Ordinance, 1910, published on page 398 of the Regulations of Hong Kong, 1844-1925, is hereby rescinded and the following substituted therefor :----
3.~(1) (d). The course of training shall extend over a period of not less than two years at a maternity hospital recognised as such by the Board or two years in general nursing and one year at a maternity hospital recognised as such by the Board, or four years in general nursing, and six months at such maternity hospital as aforesaid.
Made by the Board the 17th day of February, 1928.
G. H. THOMAS, Secretary.
Approved by the Governor this 13th day of June, 1928.
E. R. HALLIFAX,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 499.-The following amendment of the Pension Minute which appears in the General Orders of the Hong Kong Government is published for information.
7th September, 1928.
E. R. HALLIFAX,
Colonial Secretary.
The Pension Minute (General Order No. 155) is amended by the deletion of para- graph 10 of Clause No. 1 and the substitution of the following therefor :-
10. A European nursing sister or matron, who has not less than 3 years Government service in the Colony, and who has been employed as a qualified nursing sister or matron in the public service or in a public hospital, in the Colony or elsewhere, to which she was appointed by the Colonial Government or through the Overseas Nursing Association, for a term or terms which, together with such Government service, make up a period of not less than 15 years in all, and who would not otherwise be entitled to a pension, gratuity or other retiring allowance under the provisions of this Minute, may be granted on her ultimate retirement from the Government service, or from such employment as aforesaid, as the case may be, a retiring allowance calculated at the rate of Ss. 4d. per annum for each month of her Government service in the Colony.