CO129-591-2 Hong Kong University- award of degrees to medical students whose studies were interrupted by war.... 26-2-1943 - 19-12-1945 — Page 86

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September, 1945

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DRAFT. NOTE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON THE REASONS FOR OUR

REQUEST THAT AN ORDER IN COUNCIL BE MADE AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF HONG KONG MEDICAL DEGREES.

(3 drabin)

FURTHER ACTION.

Before the outbreak of the

Far Eastern war the University of

Hong Kong had a well established

and highly valued medical department, the degrees of which were recognised

by the General Medical Council of the

United Kingdom (under Section 13 of

the Medical Act of 1886) as rendering

the degree-holders eligible for

inclusion in the Medical Register.

Inclusion in this Register is, of

course, the necessary condition for practice in the United Kingdom and in most other parts of the Empire and it

was, therefore, a point which was much

prized by Hong Kong medical students,

the majority of whom entered practice

in British Territories such as Hong Kong

Malaya and British North Borneer

2. After the occupation of Hong Kong

by the Japanese about 140 of the

medical students eventually made their

way to Free China and continued their

studies at Chinese Universities.

Dr. Gordon King, Dean of the Medical

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