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MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1974

WORKING PARTY ON UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS SEEKING ASSISTANCE FROM PUBLIC

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THE WORKING PARTY WHICH WAS SET UP BY THE GOVERNMENT TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM OF NON-COMMONWEALTH MEDICAL GRADUATES IS SEEKING ASSISTANCE FROM THE PUBLIC.

IN AN ADVERTISEMENT PUBLISHED IN SEVERAL NEWSPAPERS TODAY (MONDAY), THE SECRETARY TO THE WORKING PARTY ON UNREGISTRABLE · DOCTORS, MR. MARCUS MAK, ASKED FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS FROM ANY ORGANISATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THE MATTER.

MR. MAK SAID THE WORKING PARTY IS AWARE THAT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WISH TO PUT FORWARD SUGGESTIONS, AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT WANTS TO OBTAIN AS MUCH MATERIAL, AS POSSIBLE TO HELP IN FORMULATING ITS PROPOSALS.

+THE MATTER AFFECTS NOT ONLY UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS, BUT THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE AND WE ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING THE OVERALL PUBLIC REACTION AS WELL,+ MR. MAK SAID.

HE ADDED THAT THE WORKING PARTY HAS BEEN ASKED TO REPORT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND IT IS HOPED THAT ALL COMMUNICATIONS WILL REACH HIM BY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26. CORRESPONDENCE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY TO THE WORKING PARTY ON UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, EAST WING, FOURTH FLOOR, HONG KONG.

THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE WORKING PARTY ARE TO CONSIDER WHETHER ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BE MADE TO ENABLE SOME DOCTORS, WHOSE QUALIFICATIONS ARE NOT RECOGNISED BY THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, TO PRACTISE IN HONG KONG.

IF SO, THE WORKING PARTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVISING WHAT METHODS SHOULD BE USED TO ENSURE A' PROPER LEVEL OF COMPETENCE AMONG UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS BEFORE THEY ARE LICENSED TO PRACTISE, AND WHETHER ANY CONDITIONS OR RESTRICTIONS SHOULD BE APPLIED TO SUCH PRACTICE.

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