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Wednesday, April 25, 1973

(c) Responsibility for the proper examination of

each school's candidates will rest primarily on

teachers of that school.

These arrangements apply generally to the urban districts.

Those for the New Territories are slightly different.

Letters have been despatched to presiding invigilators explaining

the arrangements in detail and inviting them to pre-examination conferences.

A spokesman for the Education Department said: "It is expected

that these arrangements will help the children by enabling them to take

the examination in a calm atmosphere in the presence of a familiar teacher.

They will also assist the teacher-invigilators, by increasing their number.

The success of the examination will depend, both generally and

for each particular school, on the teachers concerned responding in a

thoroughly professional manner. H

STAFFING PLAN FOR PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL

A team consisting of a Medical Administrator, a Senior Nursing Officer

and a Senior Hospital Secretary has been appointed to prepare for the

commissioning of the Princess Margaret Hospital.

The Director of Medical and Health Services, Dr. the Hon. G.B. Choa,

in reply to a question by the Hon. Mrs. Ellen Li, said: "The 1973-74 Estimates

provide 56 posts of medical officer and 642 posts in nursing and other grades,

including 204 at the present Lai Chi Kok Hospital, for the new hospital."

He said training for the medical and nursing staff in major hospitals

was in progress

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The Commissioning Team will review staff requirements from time to

time, " he added.

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