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recruitment of teaching staff and reciprocity of titles are discussed. It is suggested that the 1939 Committee should be re-appointed with outside representation and that they be asked to put forward further recommendations for the development of the University in the light of the position today. Provision for the training ¡f nurses and midwives, sanitary inspectors and medical aids is also discussed. s suggested that all courses of training should be brought.. into line with the re- commendations contained in the Asquith Commission's report on Higher Education and that of the Rushcliffe Committee on the Appropriate Training of Nurses for the Colonies, wherever these apply.
The establishment at the University of a Dental School of moderate capacity is recommended. A School of Hygiene should also be formed incorporating existing⠀⠀ courses on Public Health work.
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Recruitment of Medical Staff. The recruitment and training of local candidates is referred to. That of U.K. candidates should be on a Far Eastern basis so that free interchange will be possible during a period of service when normally there is little prospect of transfer. This would enable staff to be fully tried out and would also counteract the tendency to grow stale through persistent service in one territory.
13. Registration and Census Records. It is opportune that medical records should be brought up-to-date and it is recommended that some officer who is an acknowledged authority should visit the Colony and advise on this question.
As the capacity of the Colony to receive immigrants is not unlimited it is suggested that some means be devised to estimate the figures of the population in the Colony and of persons entering to reside in it. ́
14. Policy in regard to Immigration. The peculiar position of Hong Kong in regard to immigrants has already been referred to several times. out that Victoria is already overcrowded and there is a limit to the capacity of It is pointed the Colony to absorb immigrants. It is recommended earlier that research be made into the trend of immigration and that the question of housing for the industrial worker should receive urgent consideration.
This research should include an analysis of the influences affecting immi tion and the likely trend of this in years to come.
igra- to the Chinese worker and the more attractive it becomes, the greater will be the
Hong Kong is very attractive flow of immigration. On Public Health grounds, this flow must be bounded by the limits of housing capacity. The policy of permitting free immigration is unâlter- able. Therefore housing accommodation will have to be provided on the basis of an estimated population, and an attempt made to assess the trend of immigration within a given period of years. Sites for building will have to be made available. The probability is that there will be constant fluctuations within limits but that it will be possible to fix a mean figure that can be accepted as an index to a build- ing programme:
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15. Relief and Social Welfare. A note on relief measures instituted after re-entry, and still in force, is given. The present position in regard to former internees is also indicated. Emergency relief will decrease progressively with improvement in employment and social conditions. Hong Kong Social Welfare Council continue to integrate Social Welfare activities
It is suggested that the but with wider scope. The Council should have a closer liaison with representatives of Government Departments interested and, at a higher level still, there should be a senior Government officer responsible for Social Welfare Services as a whole. is understood that a suitable appointment to this latter post is being made.
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16. Liaison with the Services. Liaison between the Medical Civil Affairs Administration and the corresponding Service Authorities through an Emergency Medical Board has been admirable. This is a good augury for the future when this liaison should be fixed on a permanent basis. In the past there has been a Medical Board to coordinate medical activities. A similar Board should be re-constituted, when Military Administration ends, with representation from all the executive Departments concerned.
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