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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1989
SHE SAID IT WOULD BE THE MOST URGENT TASK OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO REAFFIRM THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO COME UP WITH A PUBLIC STATEMENT OF ACTION NO LATER THAN JANUARY,
IT WOULD THEN BE SEEN INTERNATIONALLY THAT BRITAIN WAS TAKING KEYS THE LEAD TO ARREST HONG KONG'S BRAIN DRAIN BY PROVIDING AS MANY AS POSSIBLE TO THE IMAGINARY PRISON OF THE FUTURE, SHE ADDED.
MRS CHOW SUGGESTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD MAKE A MORE CO-ORDINATED EFFORT TO ASSIST THOSE DETERMINED TO OBTAIN A SECOND PASSPORT AND TO ATTRACT THE RETURN OF THOSE WHO HAD OBTAINED THEIR FOREIGN PASSPORT,
"A PACKAGE OF MEASURES RANGING FROM THE PROVISION OF ENGLISH SPEAKING SCHOOLS TO ASSISTANCE FOR JOB PLACEMENTS SHOULD BE DRAWN UP,
SURVEYED INFORMATION BASED ON WELL RESEARCHED AND PROFESSIONALLY
BY GOVERNMENT WITH INPUT FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO TACKLE THE PROBLEM THOROUGHLY," SHE SAID.
CALL FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDICAL SPECIALIST REGISTER
CONTINUING
HONG KONG NEEDS A HIGH STANDARD OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, RESEARCH, AND ESTABLISHMENT OF ITS OWN SPECIALIST REGISTER, DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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SPEAKING IN THE POLICY DEBATE, DR IP WELCOMED THE FORMATION A HONG KONG ACADEMY OF MEDICINE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE ΤΟ UNDERTAKE THE PLANNING FOR THE ACADEMY AND TO DETERMINE ITS COMPOSITION.
HOWEVER, SHE REGRETTED THAT THE WORKING PARTY ON POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING, IN THEIR RECOMMENDATION OF WHICH SPECIALTY SHOULD BE AWARDED COLLEGE STATUS, FAILED TO MEET THEIR OWN RATIONAL GUIDELINES.
"CERTAIN SPECIALTIES WERE AWARDED COLLEGE STATUS ALTHOUGH THEY FAILED TO HAVE A WELL ESTABLISHED TRAINING PROGRAMME, AND A MINIMUM
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FULLY QUALIFIED DOCTORS OF SPECIALIST STATUS, WHEREAS, WERE EXCLUDED, PAEDIATRICS, ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND GENERAL PRACTICE ALTHOUGH THEY FULFILLED ALL CRITERIA.
"IT IS WITH GREATER REGRET TO LEARN THAT IN SPITE OF STRONG VIEWS RECEIVED ON THE EXCLUSION OF PAEDIATRICS, ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY WORKING AND GENERAL PRACTICE, DURING THE CONSULTATIVE PARTY REFUSED TO CHANGE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS,
EXERCISE, THE
SHE SAID.
DR IP URGED THE GOVERNOR TO ENSURE THAT THE MEMBERS APPOINTED
BE BALANCED
TO THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE WOULD
IN COMPOSITION UNBIASED IN ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES IN THE FORMATION OF COLLEGES, WHICH IT MUST CONFORM.
AND
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