XN000022-1981-07-17 — Page 6

FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1981

5

תי

THE INDEX OF NOMINAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS MEASURES CHANGES IN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY EARNED AS WAGES BY WORKERS IN LARGE ESTABLISHMENTS IN 25 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. THE INDEX OF NOMINAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES INCLUDING FRINGE BENEF ITS FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS MEASURES CHANGES IN WAGES AS WELL AS IN SUCH FRINGE BENEFITS AS CASH BONUSES AND ALLOWANCES, FREE OR SUBS IDISED FOOD AND PAID HOLIDAYS.

THE INDEX OF REAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS AND THE INDEX OF REAL AVERAGE DAILY WAGES INCLUDING FRINGE BENEF ITS FOR MANUFACTURING WORKERS ARE OBTAINED BY DEFLATING THEIR RESPECTIVE NOMINAL COUNTERPARTS BY THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (A).

DETAILS OF WAGE MOVEMENTS IN THE INDIVIDUAL INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR INCLUDED IN THE MARCH 1981 SURVEY MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE WAGES AND LABOUR COST SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

82 PASS FINAL LICENTIATE EXAMINATION

****

THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG TODAY ANNOUNCED THAT 82 CANDIDATES HAVE PASSED THE FINAL PART OF THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATION FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS.

THIS PART OF THE EXAMINATION, HELD BETWEEN JULY 8 TO 10, WAS AN ORAL EXAMINATION OF ABILITY TO APPLY PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO CLINICAL PROBLEMS.

CANDIDATES WERE GIVEN A 30-MINUTE EXAMINATION BY TWO PANELS OF EXAMINERS IN EACH OF THE THREE DISCIPLINES MEDICINE, SURGERY AND OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY.

——

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WILL COMMENCE IN THE COMING SEPTEMBER AN 18-MONTH PERIOD OF EXTERNSHIP IN HOSPITALS APPROVED BY THE MEDICAL COUNCIL.

THE CANDIDATES WHO FAILED IN THIS PART OF THE EXAMINATION MAY RESIT NEXT YEAR, AND ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE EXAMINATION BOARD, THOSE WHO FAILED IN ONE SUBJECT WILL BE REQUIRED TO RESIT ONLY THAT SUBJECT. CANDIDATES FAILING IN TWO SUBJECTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO RESIT THE WHOLE OF THIS PART OF THE EXAMINATION.

A TOTAL OF 212 CANDIDATES HAVE OBTAINED LICENCE TO PRACTISE IN HONG KONG AFTER PASSING THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATIONS AND SATISFACTORILY COMPLETING AN EXTERNSHIP SINCE 1977. AT PRESENT ANOTHER 52 ARE UNDERGOING EXTERNSHIP.

16