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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1986

THIS WOULD ENCOURAGE PRIVATE SECTOR OUTPUT, RELEASE CURRENT HOME OWNERSHIP FLATS TAKEN BY THOSE WHITE FORM AND GREEN FORM APPLICANTS AND HELP THE SANDWICH SOCIETY.

ON EDUCATION, MRS CHOW APPLAUDED RECENT DEVELOPMENTS RELATING TO THE ABOLITION OF THE JUNIOR SCHOOL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT (JSEA).

+ THE AMAZING CONSENSUS OF 70 SECONDARY SCHOOL HEADS IN ARRIVING AT A METHOD SENSIBLE AND PRACTICABLE ENOUGH TO BRIDGE THE GAP LEFT OPEN BY THE IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION OF THE JSEA AND THE ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF PUBLIC PLACES BEYOND FORM 3 IN 1991 DESERVE NOT ONLY OUR SUPPORT BUT OUR APPLAUSE, SHE SAID.

SHE HOPED THIS WAS ONLY THE START OF AN INVALUABLE PARTNERSHIP AND POINTED OUT THAT AN AREA WHICH COULD BENEFIT GREATLY FROM SUCH CO-OPERATION WAS CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, WHERE UNOFFICIAL INPUT AND ADEQUATE RESOURCES WERE BADLY NEEDED.

SHE SUGGESTED THAT THE PROPOSAL FOR A CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SHOULD BE CLOSELY AND URGENTLY STUDIED.

TIME TO SET UP ACADEMY OF MEDICINE

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AN ACADEMY OF MEDICINE SHOULD BE SET UP FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF POSTGRADUATE STATUS OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AFTER 1997, DR THE HON CHIU HIN-KWONG SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY).

SPEAKING IN THE DEBATE ON THE GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS, DR CHIU SAID THAT AT PRESENT HONG KONG RELIED ON THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM TO SUPERVISE AND OVERSEE THE STANDARD OF UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND ON THE ROYAL COLLEGES FOR THE ACCREDITATION OF POSTGRADUATE STATUS.

+ THE EXISTING LINKAGE WITH THE BRITISH SYSTEM MIGHT BE WEAKENED IN THE RUN-UP TO 1997, AND CERTAINLY AFTER 1997, + HE SAID.

+ IT IS THEREFORE IMPERATIVE THAT WE SHOULD SET UP A LOCAL AUTHORITY TO TAKE OVER THIS VERY IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGES,+ HE ADDED.

/DR CHIU

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