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JLG Budget expert group to meet tomorrow
The Sino-British Joint Liaison Group will hold their eighteenth round of Expert Talks on February 13 in Hong Kong to discuss the preparation of Hong Kong's transitional Budget and related matters.
The British team will be led by Mr K C Kwong, Secretary for the Treasury of the Hong Kong Government. The Chinese team will be led by Mr Chen Zuo'er, Chinese Representative on the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group. They will be assisted by experts.
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Working Group set up to study registration of ADP in HK
A Working Group has been set up under the Dental Sub-Committee of the Health and Medical Development Advisory Committee (HMDAC) to study matters relating to the registration of Ancillary Dental Personnel (ADP) in Hong Kong.
The ADP includes dental therapists, dental hygienists, dental technicians and dental surgery assistants.
A report of the Dental Sub-Committee published in 1991 recommended that a statutory registration for ancillary dental personnel be introduced.
The Working Group would now review the 1991 report, the roles and practices of the ancillary dental personnel, and advise on implementation approach of the registration issue as well as on the education and training of ADP, a spokesman for the HMDAC's Dental Sub-committee said.
In carrying out this job, the Working Group would take into consideration overseas experience and international practices, the suitability of a registration system in Hong Kong and concerns of both ADP and dentists on the system, he added.
Professor Peter Yuen Pok-man has been appointed by the Dental Sub- Committee to be the chairman of the Working Group. Being a prominent member of the academic field, Professor Yuen has wide experiences in advising various committees and councils on health and medical development matters.