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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1992
BILL TO PERMIT OVERSEAS DOCTORS TO SERVE SPECIFIC COMMUNITY NEEDS IN HK
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WITH ACCEPTABLE
A BILL WHICH SEEKS TO ALLOW DOCTORS QUALIFICATIONS TO REGISTER AND PRACTISE IN HONG KONG TO MEET WAS INTRODUCED CONDITIONS NEEDS ON SPECIFIED COMMUNITY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MOVING
THE
SECOND
READING OF THE
FOR SECRETARY
OVERSEAS SPECIFIC TO THE
REGISTRATION
MRS WELFARE, CONSIDERED ON FOR
MEDICAL HEALTH AND (AMENDMENT) BILL 1992, THE ELIZABETH WONG, POINTED OUT THAT APPLICATIONS WOULD BE THE MERITS OF EACH CASE AND LIMITED REGISTRATION WOULD BE GRANTED SUCH PURPOSE AND PERIOD AS THE MEDICAL COUNCIL SPECIFIED.
SHE SAID THE DECISION ON WHOM TO ADMIT, AND ON WHAT CONDITIONS, WOULD REST ENTIRELY WITH THE MEDICAL COUNCIL.
THE STANDARDS,
COUNCIL WOULD BE GRANTED ONLY
PROFESSIONAL MAINTAIN TO RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT LIMITED REGISTRATION WAS TO PROPERLY TRAINED AND DULY QUALIFIED FOREIGN DOCTORS.
IT DOES NOT OPEN TO PRACTISE
"THIS AMENDMENT WILL NOT AFFECT STANDARDS. THE DOOR TO ANY QUACK OR SELF-PROFESSED EXPERT WHO WANTS HERE.
"IT
WILL,
HOWEVER, ENABLE PRACTITIONERS WHOSE SPECIAL SKILLS COMMUNITY, MRS WONG EXPLAINED.
Hi
MRS WONG NOTED THAT THE
ADMIT
THOSE
TO US
QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCE CAN BENEFIT OUR
EXISTING
A
MEDICAL REGISTRATION HOLDER OF A HONG KONG DIPLOMA, ORDINANCE PROVIDED THAT ONLY A
COMMONWEALTH DIPLOMA HOLDER OF A UNITED KINGDOM, IRISH OR RECOGNISED OR LICENTIATE MIGHT BE REGISTERED TO PRACTISE MEDICINE IN HONG KONG.
WHO
SI
IN
THE FULL-TIME
SERVICE
OF
PURPOSE OF TEACHING THE UNIVERSITY OF KONG MAY BE DEEMED TO
IN ADDITION, A PERSON GOVERNMENT OR THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OR FOR THE OR HOSPITAL WORK IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE OF HONG KONG OR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG BE REGISTERED.
A WHOLE, WHOSE NEEDS THE EXPENSE
"WHILE THE LAW IS INTENDED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AS
ARE THERE
CERTAIN GROUPS IT HAS BECOME APPARENT THAT SHOULD BE SERVED BUT THOSE NEEDS ARE EITHER BEING MET AT OF OTHER SERVICES OR NOT BEING MET ADEQUATELY,
MRS WONG SAID.
SUCH GROUP WAS THE WELL OVER THE SECRETARY NOTED THAT ONE
ΤΟ CONFINED MIGRANTS
REMOTE CAMPS AND CENTRES
OF DEPARTMENT
HEALTH STAFF. ANOTHER WERR IN ETHNIC GROUPS AND NON-CHINESE-SPEAKING
50,000 VIETNAMESE CURRENTLY SERVED BY THE THE VARIOUS NON-ENGLISH
OUR COMMUNITY WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE AND CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SOCIETY.
MRS WONG
SAID IN THIS
RECEIVED REPRESENTATIONS FROM
HAD
ADMINISTRATION THE CONNECTION,
BUSINESS THE INTERNATIONAL
COMMUNITY AND FROM THE JAPANESE THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMITTEE,
CURRENTLY UNREGISTRABLE CONSUL,
TO
ALLOW FOREIGN
DOCTORS
WITH
QUALIFICATIONS TO SERVE FOREIGN COMMUNITIES IN HONG KONG.
/SHE SAID