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MISS DUNN SAID THAT IN HONG KONG THE HOSPITAL CONTINUED TO PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT DENTAL SERVICE FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WERE ACCEPTED FOR THE FACULTY'S TEACHING PROGRAMMES.
SHE SAID THE GROWTH OF POSTGRADUATE TEACHING WOULD BRING WITH IT AN INCREASED AVAILABILITY OF SPECIALIST TREATMENT FOR THE MORE SEVERE ORAL HEALTH PROBLEMS WHICH EXISTED IN THE COMMUNITY.
+SENIOR STUDENTS WITH THEIR TEACHERS ARE ALSO ENGAGED IN OUT- REACH COMMUNITY DENTAL HEALTH PROJECTS WHICH BENEFIT SPECIFIC, AND OFTEN UNDERSERVED, SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY.
+SOME 27 OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN SINCE 1983, ALL OF WHICH UNDERLINES THE SENSE OF COMMITMENT OF THE FACULTY AND THE HOSPITAL TO THE SERVICE OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG,+ SHE SAID.
EARLIER IN HER SPEECH, MISS DUNN REPORTED THAT THE HIGH ACADEMIC STANDARDS ACHIEVED BY DENTAL STUDENTS TRAINED BY THE FACULTY OF DENTISTRY AT THE INSTITUTION IN THE PAST HAD BEEN MAINTAINED DURING THE YEAR UNDER REVIEW.
+ONCE AGAIN THE EXTERNAL EXAMINERS HAVE BEEN UNSTINTING IN THEIR PRAISE OF THE CALIBRE OF THE CANDIDATES AND HONG KONG CAN WELL FEEL PROUD OF ITS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENCY IN THE FIELD OF DENTISTRY, SHE SAID.
SHE ADDED THAT THE POSTGRADUATE WORK OF THE FACULTY WAS GAINING MOMENTUM WITH 12 CANDIDATES FOR MASTERS DEGREES NOW REGISTERED, AND A FURTHER 10 FACULTY MEMBERS READING FOR HIGHER DEGREES.
MISS DUNN SAID SUCH POSTGRADUATE ACTIVITY INEVITABLY INCREASED THE RESEARCH THRUST OF THE FACULTY AND IN TURN THIS WOULD FURTHER ESTABLISH THE FACULTY AS A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN THE REGION.
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