XN000022-1975-05-14 — Page 3

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1975

2

WORKING PARTY ON UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS

SUBMITS REPORT TO GOVERNOR

*****

THE REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY ON UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE.

THE WORKING PARTY, UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF SIR RONALD HOLMES, WAS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR IN SEPTEMDER LAST YEAR. ITS TERMS OF REFERENCE WERE 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.

E

THE WORKING PARTY WAS ALSO ASKED TO CONSIDER WHAT METHODS SHOULD BE USED TO ENSURE A PROPER LEVEL OF COMPETENCE AMONG UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS IF THEY WERE LICENSED TO PRACTISE AND WHETHER ANY CONDITIONS OR RESTRICTIONS SHOULD BE APPLIED TO SUCH PRACTICE.

AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE REPORT GIVES THE BACKGROUND TO THE ISSUE SUMMARISES REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND FROM INDIVIDUALS AND REPRESENTATIVES INVITED TO ATTEND MEETINGS OF THE WORKING PARTY REPORTS ON 115 CONSULTATION WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM AUTHORITIES AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE WORKING PARTY COMPRISED, SIR RONALD HOLMES, CHAIRMAN= DR. PETER C.Y. LEE, PROFESSOR MA LIN, DR. A.C. DA RÓZA, PROFESSOR ARTHUR M.C. YAU, MR. R.G. BRIDGE, MR. P.B. WILLIAMS AND MR. MARCUS MAK PING-KWAN, SECRETARY.

THE GOVERNMENT IS NOW STUDYING THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT AND CARRYING OUT CONSULTATIONS ON THE FEASIBILITY OF SOME ASPECTS OF IT. THE REPORT WILL THEN BE CONSIDERED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, WHICH WILL ALSO DECIDE WHETHER IT SHOULD BE PUBLISHED.

1

13.