FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1990
"BUT
NOTHING CAN ALTER
HE SAID THERE WERE CHALLENGES AHEAD, HONG KONG'S GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC."
A
ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORITATIVE WORLD COMPETITIVENESS REPORT 1989 PRODUCED BY THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, HONG KONG REMAINED FAVOURABLE CHOICE FOR MANY OVERSEAS INVESTORS.
IT
AS THE WORLD'S 11TH LARGEST EXPORTER AND IMPORTER IN 1988,
MANY FORMAL AND IS A VITAL PART OF THE WORLD'S ECONOMIC SYSTEM. ITS COMMERCIAL INTERNATIONAL LINKS WILL CONTINUE BEYOND THE 20TH CENTURY, MR LEUNG SAID.
NOTE:
THE FULL TEXT OF MR LEUNG'S SPEECH WILL BE BOXED.
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DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICAL GENETIC SERVICE
CLINICAL GENETICS IS AN IMPORTANT SPECIALTY IN PREVENTIVE CARE, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.
THE OF
HONG KONG
OF SOCIETY SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL DINNER MEDICAL GENETICS, DR LEE, PATRON OF THE SOCIETY, SAID THAT TO SUPPORT A NEW POST OF THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF CLINICAL GENETIC SERVICE, CONSULTANT IN CLINICAL GENETICS WOULD BE CREATED IN HIS DEPARTMENT.
THE DR LEE WAS CONFIDENT THAT WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE SOCIETY,
THE NEED OF SERVICE WOULD BE IMPROVED AND DEVELOPED FURTHER TO MEET THE COMMUNITY.
HE NOTED THAT 1989 HAD BEEN A FRUITFUL YEAR FOR THE SOCIETY OF MEDICAL GENETICS,
HONG KONG
"SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE SOCIETY HAD GROWN STEADILY TO 36," HE SAID.
IN 1987, THE
MEMBERSHIP
IS IN PARALLEL WITH "THE GROWTH IN MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOCIETY'S ACTIVITIES WHICH INCLUDE BOTH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS,"
THE FURTHER
DR LEE SAID THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE SOCIETY HAD CLINICAL GENETICS CONTRIBUTED A GREAT DEAL IN IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE IN
CLINICAL AMONG PROFESSIONALS AS WELL AS PROMOTING UTILISATION OF
THE
GENETIC SERVICE.
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