experimental centre for the voluntary treatment of female drug addicts to be operated by the Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Addicts.
COMPLETED PROJECTS
163. The year 1967-68 suw the completion of a number of major additions to the Colony's medical and health services. Although most of these have been mentioned elsewhere in this report, il is appropriate to summarize them in this chapter.
164. Projects completed during the year were the Castle Peak Clinic, a new rural clinic and maternity home financed entirely by Government, a new professorial block at Queen Mary Hospital also financed by Government, alterations to the fourth and fifth floors of the Tsan Yuk Hospital financed by the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, which in the previous year had financed the provision of an additional floor at this hospital as a result of which it was possible for the alteration to be carried out, and a two-storey addition to the Lion's Club Government Maternal and Child Health Centre at Kowloon City financed jointly by the Lion's Club and Government.
165. Major projects at Government-assisted medical institutions which were completed during the year were a nursing bome of 120 beds for cancer patients run by the Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society and the expansions to the Nethersole Hospital, while extensions to the Sandy Bay Children's Orthopaedic Hospital and Convalescent Home were almost complete.
PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION
166. Major projects on which construction had commenced or was about to begin were Chai Wan Urban Clinic and Maternity Home, the Tang Shiu-kin Hospital, the convalescent block at Kowloon Hospital, and a major programme of alterations to Queen Mary Hospital, while site formations for the new Lai Chi Kok General and Mental Hospitals were in progress. Work on the Tung Wah Group Wong Tai Sin Lofirmary's Phases II and III continued.
167. A detailed statement of development will be found in the Statistical Appendix to this report.
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VIL TRAINING PROGRAMME
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168. The University of Hong Kong confers the degrees of M.B., B.S.. which have been registrable with the General Medical Council of the United Kingdom since 1911, Posts in the major hospitals are recognized for post-graduate training by the majority of the examining bodies in Britain.
169. Mention has been made in recent reports of the relative shortage of qualified medical personnel and, with the completion of the new University pre-clinical buildings at Sassoon Road, the Univer- sity's intake of medical students was increased to 120 students in 1965. The extensions to Queen Mary Hospital, to which reference has already been made, will be completed in time to allow a larger number of students to have their clinical training. While there will therefore be a considerable increase in the output of medical graduates from the Hong Kong University as from 1970, the Colony will remain relatively short of qualified medical personnel for some years to come.
170. Following the opening of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the programme for the training of doctors for post-graduate qualifications was reviewed by the Panc) on Post-Graduate Medical Education, which advised a re-appraisal of specialization in the major disciplines. A shortage of experienced personnel has been encountered in some speciali- ties, but it is hoped that most of these deficiencies will be remedied within the next few years,
DENTAL STAFF
171. No undergraduate training in dentistry is available in Hong Kong, but Government annually awards scholarships for the study of dentistry overseas. Two such scholarships were awarded during the year, while four scholars returned to the Colony after qualification, bringing the total of returned graduates to 51 out of a total of 76 scholarships so far awarded.
172. In-service training in dental technology continues for Govern- ment student dental technicians, while evening classes for dental technicians in private employment are held at the Hong Kong Technical College. During the year two Government dental technicians passed the Intermediate Certificate of the City and Guilds of London Institute in
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