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Preparatory Committee on Chinese Medicine members appointed
The Government announced today (Tuesday) the appointment of Dr Daniel C W Tse as the Chairman of the Preparatory Committee on Chinese Medicine (PCCM) for two years, with effect from April 1, 1995. Dr Tse is the President and Vice- Chancellor of the Hong Kong Baptist University.
Also appointed at the same time are 20 members for the committee. They include seven traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners, three members involved in the trade or dispensing of Chinese medicines, four academics or doctors with expertise and knowledge in Chinese medicine, three respectable community figures, and three Government officials.
The three officials are the Deputy Secretary for Health and Welfare, the Director of Health and the Chief Pharmacist of the Department of Health, or their representatives. Except for the three Government officials, all members are appointed by the Secretary for Health and Welfare on ad personam basis.
The term of office for all PCCM members is also two years, starting from April
1. The appointments will be gazetted on Friday (March 31).
The establishment of the PCCM is one of the recommendations made in the Report of the Working Party on Chinese Medicine, which was released in November last year.
The Governor-in-Council has endorsed the Report, which is now the cornerstone of the Government's policy in recognising, regulating and developing traditional Chinese medicine.
"The work of the preparatory committee will have a significant bearing on the long-term development and regulation of TCM in Hong Kong," the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, said today (Tuesday).
"I strongly believe, that under the leadership of Dr Tse, the committee will go a long way towards the development on TCM," she added.
The main task of the PCCM is to steer the compilation of a list of TCM practitioners in Hong Kong, based on which the criteria of eventual registration of TCM practitioners will be devised upon the advice of the PCCM.