SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1983
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NEW CLINIC FOR TAI PO
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A NEW CLINIC WILL SOON BE BUILT IN TAI PO NEW TOWN TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND MEDICAL SERVICE IN THE AREA.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT THE NEW CLINIC WHICH WILL BE BUILT AT PLOVER COVE ROAD WILL BE A TWO-STOREY BLOCK.
UPON COMPLETION, THE CLINIC WILL PROVIDE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT FACILITIES AND A FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE.
A DONATION OF $3 MILLION TOWARDS THE CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE CLINIC HAS BEEN PLEDGED BY MADAM WONG STU-CHING.
TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT ARE BEING INVITED AND WORK IS EXPECTED TO START IN APRIL AND TAKE ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
84 PASS EXAMINATION FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS
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THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT 84 CANDIDATES HAVE PASSED PART I OF THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATION FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS.
THE PART I EXAMINATION, A MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTION PAPER ON PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE, ÎN WHICH 347 CANDIDATES SAT, WAS HELD ON JANUARY 11.
THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO SIT FOR THE SECOND PART OF THE EXAMINATION ON MARCH 8 AND MAY 3.
IN ADDITION TO THE 84 CANDIDATES, A FURTHER 13 CANDIDATES WHO FAILED PART 11 EXAMINATION IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WILL ALSO RE-SIT THIS PART.
CANDIDATES MAY CHOOSE TO TAKE THIS PART OF THE EXAMINATION ON EITHER ONE OF THE TWO DAYS.
THE SECOND PART OF THE EXAMINATION IS A WRITTEN ENGLISH PAPER TO TEST CANDIDATES' COMPREHENSION OF THE LANGUAGE FOR CLINICAL USE.
CANDIDATES WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THE FIRST TWO PARTS OF THE EXAMINATION ARE ELIGIBLE TO SIT FOR PART HIT WHICH IS AN ORAL TEST ON PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF MEDICINE.
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES OF ALL THREE PARTS OF THE EXAMINATION WILL THEN HAVE TO COMPLETE AN EXTERNSHIP OF ABOUT 18 MONTHS BEFORE RECEIVING THE AWARD OF A LICENCE TO PRACTISE IN HONG KONG.
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