MONDAY, JULY 22, 1985
85 PASS LICENTIATE EXAMINATION
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THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT 85 CANDIDATES OUT OF A TOTAL OF 167 HAD PASSED THE FINAL PART OF THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATION FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS.
THIS FINAL PART, HELD BETWEEN JULY 10 AND 12, WAS AN ORAL EXAMINATION OF A CANDIDATE'S ABILITY TO APPLY PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO CLINICAL PROBLEMS.
CANDIDATES WERE GIVEN A 30-MINUTE EXAMINATION BY TWO PANELS OF EXAMINERS IN EACH OF THE THREE DISCIPLINES MEDICINE, SURGERY AND OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY.
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WILL NOW BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO AN 18-MONTH PERIOD OF ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING IN HOSPITALS APPROVED BY THE MEDICAL COUNCIL, STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.
NEW POST OFFICE FOR KWUN TONG OPENS
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THE KOWLOON EAST POST OFFICE IN KWUN TONG WAS OPENED THIS (MONDAY) MORNING TO PROVIDE BETTER POSTAL SERVICES TO RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
THE NEW POST OFFICE, THE 101ST IN HONG KONG, WILL PROVIDE NORMAL COUNTER SERVICES, SPEEDPOST ON-DEMAND POSTINGS, METER- RESETTING AND POST OFFICE BOX FACILITIES.
BUSINESS HOURS ARE 9 AM TO 5 PM FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY AND 9 AM TO 1 PM ON SATURDAY.
OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S OPENING WERE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD, MR LAM HANG-FAI, THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, MR HUGH ARDLEY, AND THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK.
UK VISITORS TOUR KWUN TONG
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A RESEARCHER AND A MEMBER OF THE JOINT COUNCIL FOR THE WELFARE OF IMMIGRANTS (JCWI) FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TODAY (MONDAY) TOURED KWUN TONG TO GAIN FIRST-HAND INFORMATION ABOUT LIFE IN THE DISTRICT.
FUNDED MAINLY BY BRITISH CHURCHES AND CHARITABLE TRUSTS, THE JCWI IS A VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION INVOLVED IN IMMIGRATION POLICY MATTERS.
/THE RESEARCHER,