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MONDAY, MAY 14, 1984
HIGH PASS RATE IN LICENTIATE EXAM
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THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT 112 CANDIDATES HAD PASSED THE PART II (ENGLISH FOR PROFESSIONAL USE PAPER) OF THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATION FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS.
THE 1984 PART I EXAMINATION WAS HELD TWICE, IN MARCH AND MAY,
IT ALSO GAVE GIVING CANDIDATES A CHOICE OF EXAMINATION DATES.
A SECOND CHANCE FOR THOSE FAILING IN THE FIRST EXAMINATION TO TAKE THIS PART OF THE EXAMINATION IN THE SAME YEAR.
EIGHTY-TWO OUT OF 108 CANDIDATES PASSED THE EXAMINATION IN MARCH, AND 30 OUT OF 47 CANDIDATES (INCLUDING 25 WHO FAILED IN MARCH PASSED IT IN MAY, GIVING A PASS RATE OF 86 PER CENT.
ALL THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED THE PART 1 EXAMINATION THIS YEAR ARE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE PART 111 EXAMINATION SCHEDULED FOR JULY THIS YEAR.
THE PART II LICENTIATE EXAMINATION IS AN ORAL EXAMINATION ON CANDIDATES' ABILITY TO APPLY PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO CLINICAL PROBLEMS. EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE GIVEN A 30-MINUTE EXAMINATION IN EACH OF THE THREE DISCIPLINES OF MEDICINE, SURGERY AND OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY.
MORE PEOPLE REHOUSED
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MORE THAN 64 200 PEOPLE DISPLACED BY NATURAL DISASTERS AND DEVELOPMENT CLEARANCES WERE REHOUSED IN 1983-84.
+OF THEM, 36 500 PEOPLE WERE ALLOCATED ESTATE FLATS AND THE REST, TEMPORARY HOUSING,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
HE SAID THIS REFLECTED THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTINUOUS HEAVY COMMITMENT TO REHOUSE THOSE RENDERED HOMELESS.
+MOST OF THE PEOPLE, TOTALLING 52 263, REHOUSED LAST YEAR WERE FROM DEVELOPMENT CLEARANCES.
+ ALTOGETHER 179 CLEARANCES WERE CARRIED OUT TO MAKE WAY FOR PERMANENT DEVELOPMENT, MAINLY FOR PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS.+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE DEVELOPMENT CLEARANCE PROGRAMME PROVIDED SITES FOR NEW PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS TO MAINTAIN A HIGH LEVEL OF PRODUCTION WHICH HAD NOW EXCEEDED AN ANNUAL TARGET OF 35 000 FLATS FOR THE FOURTH SUCCESSIVE YEAR.
+OF THE REMAINING 12 000 PEOPLE REHOUSED DURING THE YEAR 11 000 WERE FROM EMERGENCY EVENTS OF SQUATTER FIRES AND LANDSLIPS, AS WELL AS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS.+
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