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42. We have carefully considered the ques- tion of what becomes of all those highly trained doctors. From all sides we have been told that private practice in the Colony is reaching satura- tion point and it has even been suggested to us that further local registration of Hong Kong graduates (except for the few required by the University itself or by the Government) might well be restricted or withheld until, say, five years after graduation.
47. We have given much consideration to the question of the relationship between the three clinical Professors and the Government Medical Service. The present situation is in the nature of a compromise resulting from discussions over a long period of years.
Resolutions of Senate and Faculties.
(a) The Senate considered the suggestion of restricting registration or withholding it until five years after graduation both impracticable and undesirable.
(b) The Senate agrees that a scholarship scheme whereby more students are attracted from China, and after graduation are induced to return there is most desirable.
(c) The Senate agrees that the winning over of a large part of the population from Chinese herbalism to modern medicine is not only the but is
remedy for the so-called "saturation most desirable from the point of view of health of the population of the Colony in general and to this end we strongly urge the formation of a De- partment of Preventive Medicine in the University one of whose important functions would be social hygiene propaganda.
Although we are prepared to acquiesce in the recommendation of the continuance of a com- promise system that has so far worked satisfac- torily, the Senate considers that such acquiescence should not necessarily preclude the reconsidera- tion of the possibility of the Clinical Professors becoming Government Medical Servants should such a scheme be considered desirable at some future date.
Resolved
Resolutions of Council.
(i) that difficulties with regard to the em ployment of doctors trained in the Uni- versity can best be met by the institution of a scholarship scheme whereby more students are attracted from China and, after graduation, are induced to return there; and
(ii) that a Department of Preventive Medi- cine should be instituted in the Univer- sity, and that one of its important functions should
propaganda.
be social hygiene
Resolved that the Council is of opinion that the present relations existing between the Clinical Professors and the Government Medical Service are satisfactory and that the system whereby the Clinical Professors are in the service of the University and not in Government Service should be maintained, but that this opinion does not necessarily extend to all non-Clinical professor- ships.