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MONDAY, JULY 25, 1983

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EDUCATION SYSTEM +DOING PRETTY WELL -- HAYE

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CRITICS OF HONG KONG'S EDUCATION SYSTEM SHOULD LOOK AT THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST'S STUDENT OF THE YEAR+ ANNUAL SELECTIONS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, SAID AT THE PRESENTATION OF AWARDS AT THE SCMP TODAY (MONDAY).

+EVERY YEAR HUNDREDS OF NOMINATIONS FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE SHORTLISTED AND I HAVE BEEN LUCKY TO MEET THE TOP TEN STUDENTS EACH YEAR IN FINAL INTERVIEWS TO FIND THE STUDENT OF THE YEAR',+ MR HAYE WENT ON.

THESE OUTSTANDING YOUNG GIRLS AND BOYS ARE PRODUCTS OF A SYSTEM ANY COUNTRY SHOULD BE PROUD OF, MR HAYE SAID.

+THEY ARE THE LIVING PROOF OF THE VITALITY OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM SOME FIND IT FASHIONABLE TO KNOCK.

+ IF WE CAN PRODUCE GIRLS AND BOYS LIKE THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR WE ARE DOING PRETTY WELL, MR HAYE SAID.

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107 PASS LICENTIATE MEDICAL EXAMS

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THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT 107 OUT OF A TOTAL OF 126 CANDIDATES, HAVE PASSED THE FINAL PART OF THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATION FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS.

THIS PART OF THE EXAMINATION, HELD BETWEEN JULY 12 AND 14 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 NOW BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO AN 18-MONTH PERIOD OF ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING IN HOSPITALS APPROVED BY THE MEDICAL COUNCIL, STARTING FROM SEPTEMBER.

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