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(ii)
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it would enable an assessment be made on the professional standard and competence of an individual rather than the institution from which the individual graduated.
The demerits of the proposal are:
(i)
(ii)
in conducting the Licensing Examination, local universities' expertise inevitably will be required. There would be a duplication of efforts and resources in organising both the Licensing Examination and the universities' own graduate examinations; and
it may be undesirable to require local medical graduates to sit for two examinations of comparable standard and to be assessed by the same group of examiners at the same time.
The two universities as well as the Medical Council have put forward their views in written submissions and in person to the Bills Committee to study the Medical Registration (Amendment) Bill 1995. The written submissions were dated 16 June 1995 (the Medical Council), 26 June 1995 (the University of Hong Kong) and 30 June 1995 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong). The Bills Committee saw representatives of the two universities on 3 July 1995 and the Chairman of the Medical Council on 6 July 1995.
End/Wednesday, July 12, 1995
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Following is a question by the Hon Martin Barrow and a written reply by the Secretary for Financial Services, Mr Michael Cartland, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
Will the Government inform this Council: