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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1988
UPGRADING OF BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION WELCOMED
WELCOMED THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER,
THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY} UPGRADING OF THE STATUS OF THE BRITISH TRADE COMMISSION IN AND THE APPOINTMENT OF THE PRESENT SENIOR BRITISH TRADE MR REG HOLLOWAY, TO THE SENIOR GRADE.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THE MOVE ACKNOWLEDGED GROWING ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM.
"IT
ALSO REFLECTS
THE
HIGH PRIORITY
WHICH GOVERNMENT ATTACHES TO ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH HONG KONG,'
HONG KONG'S
•
THE HE ADDED.
BRITISH
"PARENTAL CHOICE" IN SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE SCHEME
*
UNDER MEDICAL
WILL A NEW PROCEDURE OF "PARENTAL CHOICE"
BE IMPLEMENTED IN SEPTEMBER TO ALLOW PARENTS TO CHOOSE DOCTORS FOR THEIR CHILDREN THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE SCHEME, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL SERVICE BOARD, DR DAVID WONG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE, DR
THE MAJOR CHANGES WERE AS FOLLOWS:
WONG SAID THAT BASICALLY
(A) SCHOOLS AND DOCTORS WILL BE DIVIDED GEOGRAPHICALLY INTO
DISTRICTS ACCORDING TO THE DISTRICT BOARD BOUNDARIES.
(B) DOCTORS WILL BE LISTED IN ACCORDANCE
19
WITH THEIR ARRA
OF
OF
PRACTICE IN THE 19 DISTRICTS CORRESPONDING TO THE AREAS THE SCHOOLS CONCERNED.
(C) PARENTS WILL BE ASKED TO CHOOSE DOCTORS FROM THE
DOCTORS IN THE AREA OF THE SCHOOL AND ALSO TO COMPLETE
TO PARTICIPATE IN APPLICATION AUTHORISING THEIR CHILDREN THE SCHEME.
LIST
OF
AN
THE THE CHOICE, HOWEVER, IS SUBJECT TO THE AVAILABILITY OF DOCTOR CHOSEN AS EACH PANEL DOCTOR HAS A SPECIFIED LIMIT OF NOT STUDENTS HE WILL ACCEPT FOR THE YEAR. IF THE CHOICE IS
DOCTOR FROM THE AVAILABLE, THE BOARD WILL ASSIGN ANOTHER ᏞᎥᎦᎢ .
(D) NEW PARTICIPATION
CARDS BACH
BEARING THE
SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE BOARD AND SHOWING THE
CHOP OF NAME OF
THE
THE
DOCTOR CHOSEN BY THE PARENT WILL BE ISSUED TO STUDENTS USE UP TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1989.
FOR
DR WONG