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FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1980

FOLLOWING THE RECEIPT AND CONSIDERATION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS, A WHITE PAPER CONTAINING FIRM PROPOSALS WILL BE PUBLISHED BY THE END OF THE YEAR WITH A VIEW TO INTRODUCING THE NECESSARY LEGISLATION EARLY IN 1981.

COPIES OF THE GREEN PAPER IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE ARE AVAILABLE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AT DISTRICT OFFICES. CITY DISTRICT OFFICES AND THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE IN CENTRAL.

END OF ERA FOR INSTITUTE

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AS MORE TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTES ARE ESTABLISHED TO TAKE OVER THE TRAINING OF PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL, THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS EXPANDING ITS MAIN ROLE OF PROVIDING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL SERVICE FOR THE CITIZENS OF HONG KONG.

THIS WAS STATED BY DR S.F. LAM, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES AT A GRADUATION CEREMONY AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL TODAY.

NINETEEN STUDENT RADIOGRAPHERS RECEIVED THEIR DIPLOMA OF THE COLLEGE OF RADIOGRAPHY FROM DR LAM AFTER COMPLETING A THREE-YEAR TRAINING COURSE AT THE INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY,

AMONG THE GRADUATES, 12 WHO RECEIVED THEIR DIPLOMA IN RADIODIAGNOSTIC WERE THE LAST FULLY TRAINED BY THE INSTITUTE.

THE TRAINING OF DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.

DR LAM SAID THE ROLE OF TRAINING, WHICH WAS LITERALLY FORCED UPON THE DEPARTMENT OUT OF NECESSITY, COULD NOW BE TAKEN OVER BY THE POLYTECHNIC,

+HENCEFORTH OUR ROLE IS TO PROVIDE PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR STUDENTS COMING FROM THE POLYTECHNIC,+ HE SAID.

DURING THE LAST 30 YEARS, THE INSTITUTE TRAINED MORE THAN 240 RADIOGRAPHERS WITH DIPLOMA QUALIFICATION.

THE INSTITUTE ALSO TRAINED RADIOGRAPHERS FOR GOVERNMENT-SUBVENTED HOSPITALS IN HONG KONG, AND STUDENTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES INCLUDING KOREA, SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA,

DR LAM SAID THAT SUCH AN ENVIABLE RECORD WAS THE FRUIT OF

THE HARD WORK OF ALL THE STAFF OF THE INSTITUTE.

THE DIPLOMA OF THE COLLEGE OF RADIOGRAPHY TRAINING WAS STARTED IN 1950 AT QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL BY DR H.C. HO, THE PRESENT CONSULTANT-IN-CHARGE OF THE INSTITUTE. THE TRAINING COURSE ON DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY WAS STARTED IN 1962.

/AMOKO TAL