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The amendments to the Forms make clear to a potential appellant the possible consequences of an appeal. These amendments are clearly desirable.
Mr President, I beg to move.
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Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (Amendment) Regulation
Following is the Speech by the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, in moving the resolution on the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (Amendment) Regulation today (Wednesday):
Mr President,
I move the resolution standing in my name on the Order Paper.
The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Ordinance was enacted on 1 August 1992 to establish the Academy as a statutory body. The Education Committee was set up by virtue of section 11. The Academy is empowered under the Ordinance to provide for the constitution, the period of office of members, resignation of members, filling of casual vacancies and the function of the Education Committee by Regulation.
The membership of the Education Committee is provided for in regulation 11(2). The Education Committee consists of the Vice-President (Education and Examinations) of the Academy who chairs the Committee, the chairman of the education committee of each and every College, and additional persons the Committee from time to time co-opt.
As the Education Committee is responsible for all educationally related matters including postgraduate education and training and continuing medical education, the Academy felt that the involvement of representatives from relevant educational institutes like the Faculty of Medicine of the two universities will help the Committee in its work. On the other hand, as postgraduate training will usually be undertaken in hospitals and medical institutions, to have representatives from the Hospital Authority and the Department of Health will facilitate the planning and assessment of the necessary training.