WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1986
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HONG KONG'S OWN STANDARDS ADMITTEDLY HAD BEEN DRAWN UP WITH REFERENCE TO AND IN A SENSE LIKENED TO THAT OF THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. THIS WAS NOT ONLY A CONVENIENT WAY OF SETTING STANDARDS BUT ALSO ENSURED THAT THE STANDARDS STIPULATED WERE BOTH DEPENDABLE AND INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED, HE SAID.
OWING TO CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES, ALTERNATIVE CHANNELS FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL PRACTITIONERS TO BECOME REGISTERED HAD INDEED BEEN DEVISED, ALL IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
THOSE WHO WOULD WISH TO BECOME QUALIFIED SHOULD THEREFORE AVAIL THEMSELVES OF SUCH CHANNELS, BY TAKING THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATION FOR MEDICINE AND THE DENTAL COUNCIL EXAMINATION FOR DENTISTRY, MR WONG SAID.
HE NOTED IT HAD BEEN ARGUED THAT THE EXISTING ELIGIBILITY FOR REGISTRATION IN GENERAL AND THE DETAILS OF LICENTIATE AND DENTAL COUNCIL EXAMINATIONS IN PARTICULAR WERE SUCH THAT THEY WERE TANTAMOUNT TO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST GRADUATES FROM CERTAIN TERRITORIES AND COUNTRIES AND FAVOURED GRADUATES FROM CERTAIN OTHER TERRITORIES AND COUNTRIES.
SUCH ACCUSATIONS WERE INDEED GRAVE AND SHOULD BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE IF THEY WERE TENABLE AND, IF SO, WHAT STEPS COULD BE TAKEN FOR THE SAKE OF JUSTICE AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST, HE ADDED.
LARGE NUMBER OF LAWS TO BE TRANSLATED
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THE NUMBER OF EXISTING LAWS WHICH WILL NEED TO BE REPRODUCED IN AUTHENTIC CHINESE TEXTS IS VERY LARGE, SO THAT THE DEMANDS ON TIME AS WELL AS EXPERTISE WILL BE ONEROUS, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON MICHAEL THOMAS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR THOMAS WAS REFERRING TO THE WORK THAT WILL BE DONE BY THE BILINGUAL LAWS ADVISORY COMMITTEE PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES (AMENDMENT) BILL 1986.
THE BILL, AND ITS COMPANION BILL, THE INTERPRETATION AND GENERAL CLAUSĖS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) BİLL 1986, WERE BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR SECOND READINGS.
THE PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH THE COMMITTEE REFLECTED THE SUGGESTION MADE BY A LEGCO AD HOC GROUP THAT THE BILL SHOULD CONTAIN SUCH AN EXPRESS PROVISION, MR THOMAS SAID.
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