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TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1985

+ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE AT THE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT WITH REGARD TO THE ASSESSMENT DETAILS. IT IS ENVISAGED THAT FORMAL ASSESSMENTS OF THE FIRST BATCH OF LABORATORIES WILL BE CONDUCTED IN EARLY 1986, + HE SAID.

TO ASSIST IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HOKLAS, A $1.6 MILLION CONTRACT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TESTING AUTHORITIES (NATA) WHICH WILL BE ENGAGED AS CONSULTANTS FOR THE SCHEME.

NATA WILL ASSUME THE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMME. TWO OF NATA'S CHIEF EXECUTIVES, MR JOHN GILMOUR AND MR TONY RUSSELL, ARE NOW IN HONG KONG TO ASSIST IN THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE WORK.

THE TWO COMMITTEES OF HOKLAS, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON LABORATORY ACCREDITATION (ACLA) AND THE INDEPENDENT TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT BOARD (ITAB), HELD THEIR RESPECTIVE INAUGURAL MEETINGS YESTERDAY AND TODAY (TUESDAY), TO DISCUSS A WIDE RANGE OF POLICY MATTERS AND THE FUTURE OPERATIONS OF THE SCHEME.

ACLA ADVISES GOVERNMENT ON GENERAL POLICY MATTERS RELATING TO THE SCHEME. ITAB IS THE INDEPENDENT BODY WHICH WILL DIRECT AND REVIEW TECHNICAL EVALUATIONS OF LABORATORIES SEEKING ACCREDITATION UNDER HOKLAS.

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109 PASS MEDICAL LICENTIATE EXAM

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ONE-HUNDRED-AND-NINE CANDIDATES PASSED THE PART II (ENGLISH FOR PROFESSIONAL USE PAPER) OF THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATION FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS, THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG ANNOUNCED TODAY (TUESDAY).

THIS YEAR THE PART | EXAMINATION WAS HELD TWICE, IN MARCH AND MAY, GIVING SOME CANDIDATES A CHOICE OF EXAMINATION DATES, AND SOME OTHERS WHO HAD FAILED IN THE FIRST EXAMINATION THE CHANCE TO TAKE THIS PART OF THE EXAMINATION AGAIN.

SEVENTY-FIVE OUT OF 98 CANDIDATES PASSED THE EXAMINATION IN MARCH, AND 34 OUT OF 47 CANDIDATES (INCLUDING 22 WHO HAD FAILED

IN MARCH) PASSED IT IN MAY, GIVING A PASS RATE OF 89 PER CENT.

THOSE WHO PASSED THE PART 11 EXAMINATION THIS YEAR MAY NOW TAKE THE PART III EXAMINATION IN JULY,

PART III IS AN ORAL EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES' ABILITY TO APPLY PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO CLINICAL PROBLEMS. EACH CANDIDATE WILL BE GIVEN A 30-MINUTE TEST IN MEDICINE, SURGERY AND OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY.

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