TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1976.
OVER 1,600 UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS APPLY FOR EXAM
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A TOTAL OF 1,684 UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS HAVE APPLIED TO THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE OF THE HONG KONG MEDICAL COUNCIL AS CANDIDATES FOR AN EXAMINATION WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE AWARD OF A LICENCE TO PRACTISE IN HONG KONG.
THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMITTEE, MR. I.A.S. YOUNG, DESCRIBED THE RESPONSE FROM UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS AS GOOD.
HE SAID THESE APPLICATIONS WERE NOW BEING CHECKED, ADDING THAT IF ANY OF THE INFORMATION OR DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE REQUESTED WAS MISSING THE CANDIDATES CONCERNED WOULD BE CONTACTED AND HELPED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
HE SAID ANY APPLICATION WHICH HAD NOT BEEN MADE IN THE FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMITTEE OR WHICH HAD BEEN RECEIVED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE FOR THEIR SUBMISSION WOULD NOT BE ENTERTAINED AND WOULD BE RETURNED TO THE APPLICANT.
ON THE QUESTION OF EXEMPTION, WHICH HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF NUMEROUS ENQUIRIES RECEIVED BY THE COMMITTEE, MR. YOUNG SAID NO CANDIDATE WOULD BE EXEMPTED FROM ANY PART OF THE EXAMINATION, EXPECTED TO BE HELD EARLY NEXT YEAR.
HE ADDED THAT REQUESTS FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE PERIOD OF EXTERNSHIP WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED UNTIL THE APPLICANTS HAVE PASSED ALL PARTS OF THE EXAMINATION.
THE SECRETARY URGED CANDIDATES NOT TO BE MISLED BY RUMOURS CONCERNING THE EXAMINATION SYLLABUS.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS NO SET SYLLABUS AS CANDIDATES WOULD BE EXAMINED ON MATTERS WITH WHICH TYHEY SHOULD BE FAMILIAR.
FURTHER DETAILS CONCERNING THE EXAMINATION WOULD BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE, HE ADDED.
CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS FOR PLB IN CHAI WAN *****
CLEARWAY RESTRICTIONS FOR PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL BE IMPOSED IN CHAI WAN ON THE SECTION OF LIN SHING ROAD BETWEEN WAN TSUI ROAD AND WA HA STREET.
THE RESTRICTIONS WILL BE ENFORCED BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND MIDNIGHT DAILY AND WILL COME INTO EFFECT TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY)
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE PLB DRIVERS.
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