WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1989
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BILL TO EXTEND LICENTIATE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
A BILL SEEKING TO EXTEND THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE LICENTIATE POMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG то INCLUDE TWO REGISTERED MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS APPOINTED DY THE COUNCIL AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION (AMENDMENTI BILL 1989, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON T.H. CHAU, EXPLAINED THAT THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL HAD DEEN ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION 200 OF THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION ORDINANCE TO OVERSEE MATTERS RELATING TO THE EXAMINATION, TRAINING AND LICENSING OF UNREGISTRABLE MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.
THE COMMITTEE AT PRESENT COMPRISED EIGHT PRACTITIONERS, TWO OF WI1OM WERE APPOINTED BY CONSULTATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
REGISTERED MEDICAL AFTER
THE COUNCIL
"WHEN THE LICENTIATE SCHEME FIRST CAME INTO OPERATION IN 1977, THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG WAS THE ONLY UNIVERSITY IN HONG KONG WITH A FACULTY OF MEDICINE.
"NOW THAT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG HAS ESTABLISHED A FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND IS BECOMING INVOLVED IN THE TRAINING OF EXTERNS UNDER THE LICENTIATE SCHEME, IT IS PROPOSED ΤΟ INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG ON THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE, HE SAID.
THE PROPOSAL HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE MEDICAL
COUNCIL OF HONG
KONG, MR CHAU ADDED.
DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.
EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCES FOR DISPLACED TENANTS
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT
HAS
ALLOWANCE
RECENTLY COMPLETED A DETAILED TENANTS PAYABLE TO SHOP AFFECTED BY THE REDEVELOPMENT OF PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES.
REVIEW OF THE RATE OF EX-GRATIA
QUESTION
THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON DONALD LIAO, SAID THIS
то A IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN REPLY FROM THE HON MICHAEL CHENG.
THE MR LIAO SAID
EX-GRATIA ALLOWANCE WAS LAST AND A JANUARY 1986
GENERAL ATTITUDE SURVEY CONDUCTED INDICATED THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE RESPONDENTS FOUND THE RATES ACCEPTABLE.
REVISED IN LAST YEAR PREVAILING
"IT IS