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New Medical Council Chairman elected
The re-structured Medical Council of Hong Kong held its first meeting today (Thursday). At the meeting, Council members elected Professor Felice Lieh-Mak to be the Council Chairman and the following Council members as Committee chairmen of the Council's five statutory committees respectively:
Dr Yeoh Eng-kiong (Licentiate Committee)
Professor Lee Shiu-hung (Education and Accreditation Committee)
Professor Leung Ping-chung (Ethics Committee)
Dr Yuen Chung-lau (Preliminary Investigation Committee)
Dr Lee Kin-hung (Health Committee)
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Thirty-one Immigration staff receive commendation
The Director of Immigration, Mrs Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, presented commendation certificates to 31 staff of the Immigration Department at a ceremony held in the department's headquarters today (Thursday).
Mrs Ip said the Immigration Department had experienced another very busy year in 1996 and passenger traffic at control points and workload at various offices" were ever-increasing.
"With the joint effort of our uniformed and general grade staff, we have overcome many difficulties and maintained our quality service to the public," she added.
Congratulating the recipients of the commendation certificates, Mrs Ip said despite the exceedingly tight manpower resources, they had demonstrated a high degree of professionalism and morale, and exemplary devotion to the service.