MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1992
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NURSES PRAISED FOR HIGH STANDARD OF WORK
THE HIGH STANDARD OF WORK OF THE HONG KONG NURSES WHO ATTENDED A NURSING COURSE THROUGH DISTANCE EDUCATION OF THE MONASH UNIVERSITY OF AUSTRALIA REFLECTED A "COMMITMENT TO THE PROFESSION OF NURSING AND TO THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH”.
THE TRIBUTE WAS MADE BY THE UNIVERSITY TO THE 112 NURSES WHO RECEIVED THEIR BACHELOR DEGREE IN NURSING AT A GRADUATION CEREMONY HELD IN HONG KONG TODAY (MONDAY).
ECHOING THIS TRIBUTE TO THE GRADUATES, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID QUALITY NURSING WAS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN HONG KONG.
"OUR NURSES' QUIET DEVOTION TO PATIENT CARE DESERVES A PARTICULAR WORD OF APPRECIATION," SHE ADDED.
MRS WONG NOTED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST GROUP OF GRADUATES OF THE NURSING COURSE WHICH HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY SINCE NOVEMBER 1990.
ALL THE GRADUATES ARE REGISTERED NURSES WORKING IN A VARIETY OF CLINICAL SETTINGS, RANGING FROM GENERAL CARE TO EXTENDED NURSING SERVICES.
MONASH UNIVERSITY HAS A HISTORY OF 31 YEARS. MANY STUDENTS FROM HONG KONG AND FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE MONASH EXPERIENCE.
THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY NOTABLY HAVE HELPED TO NURSE AND NURTURE BETTER RAPPORT AND CLOSER RELATIONS THROUGH THEIR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS WITH MONASH IN DISTANCE EDUCATION.
APART FROM THE NURSING GRADUATES, 18 OTHERS ALSO RECEIVED THEIR DIPLOMA IN ADMINISTRATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY AT TODAY'S GRADUATION CEREMONY.
CANDIDATE WITHDRAWS FROM LAB ELECTION
NOTIFICATION
THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED A
FROM THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES CHINESE EMPLOYEES FREE UNION, HONG KONG, то WITHDRAW THE NOMINATION OF MS CHEUNG WAI-LIN AS A CANDIDATE TO STAND IN THE COMING LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD ELECTION.
AS
CONSEQUENTLY, ONLY NINE CANDIDATES WILL VIE FOR FIVE SEATS EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES ON THE BOARD FOR A TWO-YEAR TERM STARTING NEXT JANUARY.
/THEY ARE: