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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1985
MEDICAL BILL CLARIFIES IRISH QUALIFICATION
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HONG KONG BELONGERS WHO HAVE OBTAINED MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS IN THE IRISH REPUBLIC ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, 1985 WILL BE ENABLED TO REGISTER AS MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN HONG KONG UNDER AN AMENDMENT TO THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION ORDINANCE.
UNDER THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1985, PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY (FRIDAY), NATIONALS OF COUNTRIES NOT IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (EEC), INCLUDING HONG KONG BELONGERS, WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED PRIMARY MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS IN THE IRISH REPUBLIC ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, 1985 WILL BE ENTITLED TO REGISTER AS MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN HONG KONG.
EARLIER IN THE YEAR, THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM DECIDED THAT PERSONS WHO WERE NOT NATIONALS OF A MEMBER STATE OF THE EEC AND WHO HAD OBTAINED A DIPLOMA IN MEDICINE IN THE IRISH REPUBLIC ON OR AFTER APRIL 30, 1985 WERE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR FULL REGISTRATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
THE BILL SEEKS TO AMEND THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE TO PLACE ALL HOLDERS OF UNITED KINGDOM OR IRISH MEDICAL DIPLOMAS ON AN EQUAL FOOTING IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR NATIONALITIES.
IT WILL ENABLE NON-EEC NATIONALS WITH MEDICAL QUALIFICATIONS FROM THE IRISH REPUBLIC TO CONTINUE TO BE REGISTRABLE AS MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN HONG KONG AS THEY HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.
STOCK EXCHANGES ORDINANCE SECTIONS IN OPERATION
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SECTIONS 14 AND 15 OF THE STOCK EXCHANGES UNIFICATION (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1985 REQUIRING THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONG KONG LIMITED (THE UNIFIED EXCHANGE) TO ALTER ITS CONSTITUTION TO REFLECT THE VARIOUS LEGISLATIVE CHANGES MADE TO THE ORDINANCE ENACTED IN AUGUST THIS YEAR SHALL COME INTO OPERATION TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE RELEVANT NOTIFICATION WAS CONTAINED IN THE STOCK EXCHANGES UNIFICATION (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1985 (COMMENCEMENT) NOTICE 1985 PUBLISHED IN THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE TODAY,
THE STOCK EXCHANGE OF HONG KONG LIMITED HAS CALLED FOR AN EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING ON DECEMBER 11 FOR THE PURPOSE OF WENDING ITS MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION ACCORDINGLY.
THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO BRING INTO OPERATION THE REMAINING PROVISIONS IN THE STOCK EXCHANGES UNIFICATION (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1985, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SECTION 9, ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20.
SECTION 9 WHICH RENDERS VOID DEEDS OF TRUST ETC. WILL COME INTO OPERATION ON THE DAY OF COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATION OF THE UNIFIED EXCHANGE.
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