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Enrolment of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners
Following is a question by the Hon Mok Ying-fan and a reply by the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):
Question:
With regard to the enrolment of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) practitioners which closed on 21 January this year, will the Government inform this Council:
(a)
of the total number of people who have applied for enrolment;
(b)
(c)
(d)
of the number of applications which have been returned to applicants to date and the major reasons for returning the applications;
whether there is any mechanism to enable the applicants referred to in (b) to make appeals after their applications have been returned; and
what follow-up action will be taken by the Government after the enrolment process has been completed?
Reply:
Mr President,
At the closing date of 21 January 1996 for application for enrolment of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioners in Hong Kong, a total of 7504 applications have been received.
The Sub-committee of the Preparatory Committee on Chinese Medicine(PCCM) has set up a vetting group to vet the applications. As at 21 January 1996, the group had vetted 4237 applications out of which 79 have been rejected.
Reasons for rejections of the 79 applications include:
cases where the applicant was unable to provide adequate documentation in support of the application