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WEDNELLY, CZ70.... 26, 1983
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+THESE PROBLEMS ARISE OUT OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE ROLE OF THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES WHICH IS TO PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE TO THE POPULATION - AND HE HAS DISCHARGED HIS RESPONSIBILITIES MAGNIFICIENTLY WITH THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HIM - AND THE ROLE OF THE UNIVERSITIES WHICH IS TO PROVIDE MORE DOCTORS, TO MEET THE MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS OF THE MEDICAL SERVICES.
+THE DOCTORS WHO STAFF THESE HOSPITALS, WHICHEVER ORGANISATION THEY BELONG TO, ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR PRIVILEGES AND THEIR CAREER OPPORTUNITIES BUT WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LET ANY DEMARCATION DISPUTE, AS SEEMS NOW TO EXIST, TO HOLD UP THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAL EDUCATION, HE SAID.
HE HOPED THAT THE SECRETARIES FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, AND FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, RECOGNISING THE IR JOINT RESPONSIBILITIES, WOULD GET TOGETHER TO PRODUCE A SOLUTION, PERHAPS WITH THE HELP OF A SEMINAR ON THE INTERFACE BETWEEN TEACHING AND SERVICE, AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY.
+ IF WE DO NOT WANT TO REPRODUCE THE PATTERN OF THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL WHICH SERVES AS A TEACHING HOSPITAL FOR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, AND I RECOGNISE WE MAY NOT WANT TO DO so. THEN WE MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT A HOSPITAL AUTHORITY PROVIDING FOR THE NEEDS OF BOTH THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG MEDICAL FACULTY, HE SAID.
GOVERNMENT URGED TO CONSIDER EDUCATION DIRECTION
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THE HON S.L. CHEN TODAY CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER THE DIRECTION HONG KONG SHOULD PROCEED WITH ITS SECONDARY EDUCATION.
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, HE SAID THAT IN RECENT YEARS HONG KONG HAD MADE RAPID AND CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION,
+PERHAPS NOW IS THE TIME TO PAUSE TO REFLECT AND TO CONSIDER VERY CAREFULLY THE DIRECTION WE SHOULD PROCEED FROM THE PRESENT POSITION, THAT IS TO SAY WHETHER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION FOR THOSE WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM IT, OR TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE FORM V GRADUATES JUST FOR THE SAKE OF PRODUCING THEM IN QUANTITY, HE SAID.
HE POINTED OUT THAT ACCORDING TO THE 1982 STATISTICS, OF THE FORM V STUDENTS WHO SAT THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION, ONLY 36 PER CENT ATTAINED GRADE E IN FIVE SUBJECTS.
THESE RESULTS, HE ADDED, WERE ONLY THE MINIMUM BUT NOT SUFFICIENT REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO FORM VI OR POLYTECHNIC.
+IN OTHER WORDS, ABOUT 64 PER CENT OF THE FORM V LEAVERS WERE UNFIT FOR CONTINUATION TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF EDUCATION.
+THE FACT THAT THEY HAD SPENT THE TWO YEARS IN THE SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS CAN ONLY BE SEEN AS EDUCATION FOR THE SAKE OF EDUCATION,+ HE SAID.
/RE WONDERED