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7 MISS RUSTON 31.5.45
Mr. ROBERTS WRAY 6.6.45
Mr...FASKIN./55.45.3.
Mr.
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Permt. U.S. of S.
Parly. U.S. of S.
Secretary of State.
Mey, 1945.
DRAFT. LETTER.
MICHAEL HEZELTINE ESQ.,C.B.,
GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL,
44 HANOVER STREET,
LONDON, W.1.
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Hu. Owe
FURTHER ACTION.
Copy to HK.P.U. (No2 PK
Recue to
Miss Buston
Sr.)
For Mr. Faskin's signature.
Dear Hezeltine,
20.6.45
With reference to your letter, MH/FT 61459
of the 31st May, 1944 and previous correspondence
about the establishment by Order-in-Council of
a Committee empowered to confer medical degrees
on behalf of the University of Hong Kong, a draft
Order-in-Council has now been prepared and is
ready for issue. You told me on the telephone
some weeks ago that you did not wish to see this
draft as you felt that the G.M.C. would prefer to
leave the matter in our hands. During the process
of final vetting, however, our Legal Adviser
has drawn attention to a point which had
previously escaped attention and on which I think
you should be informed. It is that under
section 11 of the Medical Act, 1886, the
Registrar of the G.M.C., before registering a
person as a Colonial Fractitioner, is required
to satisfy himself that the applicant
(1) holds a diploma or diplomas "granted to
him in a British possession to which this Act
applies" and
(2) is by law entitled to practice medecine,
surgery and midwifery in such British possession.
(a)
are
2. There a three possible difficulties as to
(1) above, the question arises whether one can
say that a degree granted by a body in this
/country