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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1985

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DENTAL COUNCIL TO PONDER ELIGIBILITY QUESTION

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THE DENTAL COUNCIL WOULD BE LOOKING INTO SECTION 8 (1) (C) OF THE DENTISTS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE WHICH EXCLUDED CERTAIN PERSONS REGISTERED UNDER IT FROM APPOINTMENT TO THE DENTAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR THE HON K.L. THONG, SAID TODAY.

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP AS TO WHY PERSONS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECTION WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE COUNCIL, DR THONG SAID THAT THIS HAD BEEN THE POSITION SINCE THE COUNCIL WAS SET UP BY LAW IN AUGUST 1959.

+FURTHERMORE,+ HE SAID, IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH THE REASON FOR THE ORIGINAL PROVISION AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

HOWEVER, THE DENTAL COUNCIL WAS DUE TO EXAMINE THE LEGAL PROVISIONS FOR ITS COMPOSITION AT THE NEXT MEETING IN MARCH, AND THE MATTER RAISED WOULD BE CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL, DR THONG SAID.

DENTISTS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECTION WERE GRADUATES OF DENTAL SCHOOLS IN THE PHILIPPINES, CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES, INDIA AND PAKISTAN.

STATEMENT ON CMB MAINTENANCE EXPECTED

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A FULL PUBLIC STATEMENT ON THE FINDINGS OF THE WORKING GROUP OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CHINA MOTOR BUS COMPANY MAINTENANCE WOULD BE MADE FOLLOWING THE DECISION OF THE GOVERNOR- IN-COUNCIL WITH TAC ADVICE, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON ALAN SCOTT, SAID TODAY.

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON RITA FAN, HE SAID, HOWEVER THAT IT WOULD BE FOR THE GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHETHER THE STATEMENT SHOULD CONTAIN THE 132 FULL REPORT AND ITS 882 PAGE SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMES.

MR SCOTT SAID THE WORKING GROUP HAD FORWARDED ITS REPORT TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE TAC ON DECEMBER 27 LAST YEAR.

COPIES OF THE REPORT HAD THEN BEEN PRINTED AND SENT TO THE BUS COMPANY AND THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED IN MID-JANUARY, INVITING COMMENTS.

+ THE TAC IS IN THE PROCESS OF EXAMINING THE REPORT AND COMMENTS, HE SAID.

+ THE AIM IS TO HAVE THE SUBMISSION BEFORE THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, WITH THE TAC'S RECOMMENDATIONS, AROUND THE END OF MARCH OR IN EARLY APRIL, + HE ADDED.

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