WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1986
FIRST HONG KONG TRAINED DENTISTS START WORK
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THE FIRST LOCALLY TRAINED QUALIFIED DENTISTS HAVE BEGUN TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, MARKING AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL, THE HON LYDIA DUNN SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
TABLING THE REPORT OF THE HOSPITAL TOGETHER WITH A STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1984-85, SHE SAID THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW SAW FOR THE FIRST TIME A FULL COMPLEMENT OF STUDENTS WITH THE 1980 INTAKE ENTERING ITS FIFTH YEAR.
+SUBSEQUENTLY, 68 GRADUATES WERE AWARDED THE BACHELOR OF DENTAL SURGERY DEGREE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND BECAME THE FIRST LOCALLY TRAINED QUALIFIED DENTISTS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY,+ SHE SAID.
MISS DUNN ADDED THAT SHE WAS PLEASED AND PROUD TO REPORT THAT THE UNITED KINGDOM GENERAL DENTAL COUNCIL HAD GIVEN RECOGNITION TO HONG KONG'S DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF DENTAL SURGERY.
+THIS OF COURSE GIVES OUR DEGREE THE INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION IT FULLY DESERVES AND REFLECTS THE VERY HIGH STANDARDS OF OUR FACILITIES, OUR TEACHING STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS,+ SHE SAID.
WITH THE PRODUCTION OF THE FIRST GRADUATES, SHE SAID, FORMAL POSTGRADUATE COURSES HAD COMMENCED AND RESEARCH PROGRAMMES ON THE DENTAL HEALTH OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WERE ALSO WELL UNDERWAY.
MISS DUNN ALSO CITED THE FAVOURABLE COMMENTS MADE BY THE PANEL OF EXTERNAL EXAMINERS WHO ASSESSED THE FIRST BACHELOR OF DENTAL SURGERY EXAMINATIONS ABOUT THE QUALITY OF STUDENTS AND THE CLINICAL FACILITIES AND GENERAL STANDARD OF THE HOSPITAL.
+WE HAVE UNDOUBTEDLY IN THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL AN INSTITUTION OF WHICH WE CAN BE PROUD, SHE SAID.
SHE EXPRESSED HER GRATITUDE TO THE FACULTY AND THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS, ADDING THAT SHE WAS SURE THAT HONG KONG WOULD MAKE THE BEST POSSIBLE USE OF ITS TALENTED YOUNG GRADUATES.
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