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MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1978
CHOOSING MEDICAL CAREER
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EVERY GRADE OF STAFF WITHIN THE RANKS OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, FROM THE HIGHEST TO THE LOWEST LEVEL, HAS AN EQUALLY IMPORTANT DUTY TO PERFORM.
THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. K.L. THONG SAID THIS AT THE ANNUAL SPEECH DAY OF THE CHEUNG CHUK SHAN COLLEGE THIS (MONDAY) EVENING.
+NO ONE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANOTHER AND EACH ONE HELPS IN, AND COMPLEMENTS, THE WORK OF ANOTHER AS MEMBERS OF A WHOLE- TEAM WHICH MAKES UP THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HE SAID,
DR. THONG ADVISED STUDENTS WISHING TO TAKE UP A CAREER WITH THE DEPARTMENT THAT APART FROM POSSESSING THE PROPER ACADEMIC QUAL IF (- CATIONS THEY MUST BE MOTIVATED BY A SPIRIT OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
+TO BE A DOCTOR, FOR INSTANCE, ONE HAS TO HAVE AN INITIAL HIGH ACADEMIC REQUIREMENT WHICH IS ONLY THE VERY START OF A LONG HARD ROAD,+ HE POINTED OUT,
+ONE HAS TO GO THROUGH LONG YEARS OF STUDY IN THE UNIVERSITY AND A SERIES OF EXAMINATIONS, PERHAPS TOO MANY, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY AND, EVEN AFTER GRADUATION, THE YOUNG DOCTOR WILL FIND THAT HE
IS ONLY AT THE BEGINNING OF AN UNENDING ROAD OF HARD WORK AND ACADEMIC ENDEAVOURS, HE SAID.
BESIDES BEING DOCTORS, SAID DR. THONG, THERE ARE OTHER WORTH- WHILE CAREERS IN THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT. MANY OF WHICH REQUIRE ENTRANCE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXTENSIVE PROFESSIONAL OR TECHNICAL TRAINING,
HE URGED MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE ENGAGED IN REWARDING AND FULL LIFE TIME OF WORK IN THE SERVICE OF HIS FELLOW MEN TO CONSIDER ONE OF THE CAREERS IN THE DEPARTMENT.
THE DIRECTOR REMINDED STUDENTS THAT A CAREER +BEGINS FROM THE MOMENT ONE ENTERS SCHOOL.
+THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE AND THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE FOR THE PERSON WHO TRIES HARD ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE. DO NOT BE DETERRED BY TEMPORARY SETBACKS AND KEEP YOUR SIGHTS ON THE GOAL YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE AND WORK HARD TO ACHIEVE IT. REMEMBERING THAT HARD WORK IS AN ESSENTIAL PRE-REQUISITE TO ACHIEVEMENTS,+ HE ADVISED.
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