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The employer, Ngai Kin-chung, was fined $20,000 at Western Magistracy.
The maximum penalty for this offence is $25,000.
End/Saturday, May 13, 1995
Government committed to expand nursing education
The Government is committed to expand and improve the quality of nursing education at all levels, the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, said today (Saturday).
Speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the Annual Conference of the College of Nursing, Mrs Fok said advancement of medical technology, advent of new clinical treatment, rising community expectations and demographic changes had called for the need to re-examine the evolving role of nurses and their scope of duties.
In recognition of these changes, she said, an amount of $10 million has been reserved each year for the specific purpose of improving the post-registration education of nursing staff working in the Hospital Authority and the Department of Health since 1994.
"Furthermore, $34 million has been earmarked in 1995 onwards to increase the learning component of Student Nurses by 22 per cent," she said.
"Plans are also in hand to expand the number of nursing degree places for matriculants from 40 to 180 by 1997-98."
Noting the increased emphasis towards "patient-oriented" or "holistic" care, Mrs Fok pointed out that nurses were now functioning as independent practitioners in the clinical setting.
"New initiatives such as pre-admission/pre-discharge planning and outreach medical services also presented the nursing profession with new challenges and exciting opportunities," she added.
End/Saturday, May 13, 1995