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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1978

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SPECIAL REPORT ON SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE SCHEME

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A SPECIAL WORKING PARTY REPORT ON THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE SCHEME HAS JUST BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE BOARD FOR CONSIDERATION, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. THE HON. K.L. THONG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

DR. THONG SAID, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION RAISED BY DR. THE HON. HO KAM-FAI, THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE BOARD IS A STATUTORY AND INDEPENDENT BODY ADMINISTERING THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE SCHEME.

HE ADDED THAT THE MAIN FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PARTICIPATION RATE OF THE SCHEME WERE THAT IT IS A SCHOOL-BASED VOLUNTARY AND CONTRIBUTORY SCHEME AND IT IS THEREFORE UP TO THE SCHOOLS CONCERNED TO ENCOURAGE MORE STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE AND THE STUDENTS THEM- SELVES TO ACCEPT.

ALSO, THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF MEDICAL CARE IN BOTH THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS WHICH ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE STUDENTS CONCERNED, HE SAID.

LINGNAN COLLEGE REGISTERED AS APPROVED POST SECONDARY COLLEGE ******

LINGNAN COLLEGE AT STUBBS ROAD HAS BEEN REGISTERED AS THE THIRD APPROVED POST SECONDARY COLLEGE UNDER THE POST SECONDARY COLLEGES ORDINANCE, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HON. KENNETH TOPLEY, ANNOUNCED AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.

THE COLLEGE APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION IN JANUARY LAST YEAR. IT WAS OFFICIALLY REGISTERED YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

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