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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1976.
PLANS TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN KWAI CHUNG
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HEAVY TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE KWAI CHUNG CONTAINER TERMINAL AREA WILL BE EASED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR WHEN ANOTHER CONTAINER FREIGHT STATION IN THE VICINITY WILL BE OPENED, THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, THE HON. D.G. JEAFFRESON, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. FRANCIS TIEN, HE SAID THAT AS AN ADDITIONAL RELIEF, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE WAS EXPLORING WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING A HOLDING AREA FOR GOODS VEHICLES WAITING TO GET TO THE FREIGHT STATIONS.
HE SAID THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION WAS CAUSED BY LATE DELIVERIES OF GOODS FOR PACKING INTO THE CONTAINERS AT THE CONTAINER FREIGHT STATIONS.
+AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THESE DELAYS, GOODS VEHICLES SOMETIMES HAVE TO QUEUE UP TO GET INTO THE FREIGHT STATIONS, MR. JEAFFRESON SAID.
+THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN INCREASED RECENTLY BY THE PRESENT BOOM IN EXPORTS,+ HE ADDED.
NON-ACCEPTANCE OF HONG KONG'S MEDICAL DEGREE QUESTIONED
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THE SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG MEDICAL COUNCIL HAS WRITTEN TO THE NEW SOUTH WALES MEDICAL BOARD AND THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND ASKING FOR AN EXPLANATION OVER THEIR DECISION TO CEASE ACCEPTANCE OF THE QUALIFICATION OF M.B.B.S. HONG KONG FOR DIRECT REGISTRATION.
THIS WAS DISCLOSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. THE HON. GERALD CHOA IN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. LEUNG TAT-SHING.
DR. CHOA SAID: +NO REPLY HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM NEW SOUTH WALES.
+AS FOR NEW ZEALAND, NO REASON HAS BEEN GIVEN, BUT IT HAS BEEN EXPLAINED THAT THE ONLY TYPE OF REGISTRATION FOR WHICH GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG CAN BE CONSIDERED WILL BE PROBATIONARY REGISTRATION WHICH MEANS THAT THEY MUST FIRST TAKE UP A HOSPITAL APPOINTMENT IN NEW ZEALAND FOR AT LEAST 12 MONTHS BEFORE THEY CAN APPLY FOR FULL REGISTRATION AS A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER.+
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE DEGREE OF M.B.B.S. HONG KONG WAS REGISTRABLE WITH THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND RECOGNITION BY OTHER COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES WAS EITHER THROUGH THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL OR DIRECT RECOGNITION ON A RECIPROCAL BASIS.
+1 CAN ASSURE THE HONOURABLE MEMBER THAT WHATEVER ACTION OTHER COUNTRIES MAY TAKE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM REMAINS UNAFFECTED, + HE ADDED.
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