WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1986
QUESTIONS AT LICENTIATE EXAMINATIONS FAIR
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THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT QUESTIONS USED IN LICENTIATE EXAMINATIONS FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS AND DENTISTS HAD REPEATEDLY BEEN CONFIRMED BY EXTERNAL EXAMINERS TO BE +FAIR AND DIRECTED PROPERLY TO PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE TREATMENT AND THE GENERAL PRACTICE OF MEDICINE+.
WINDING UP DEBATE ON THE PENALTIES FOR PRACTICE OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY BY UNREGISTERED PERSONS (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL 1986 IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR CHAMBERS SAID THE DENTAL COUNCIL EXAMINATION BOARD WAS ALSO CONSIDERING THE USE OF OVERSEAS EXAMINERS IN FUTURE DENTAL COUNCIL EXAMINATIONS.
THANKING MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC GROUP FOR HAVING STUDIED THE BILL AND FOR THEIR SUPPORT, MR CHAMBERS SAID HE AGREED WITH MEMBERS THAT LICENTIATE EXAMINATIONS WERE DESIGNED NOT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS AND DENTISTS BUT TO ENABLE THEM TO OBTAIN REGISTRABLE QUALIFICATIONS.
+ THE EXAMINATIONS ARE DESIGNED TO ASSESS WHETHER THEY POSSESS THE REQUISITE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO BE REGISTERED FOR PRACTICE IN HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.
REGARDING LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS INTENDED TO TIGHTEN CONTROL OF UNDESIRABLE MEDICAL ADVERTISEMENTS, MR CHAMBERS CONFIRMED THAT THE BILL WAS NOW IN THE DRAFTING STAGE, AND WOULD BE INTRODUCED INTO THE COUNCIL LATER THIS SESSION.
ON A SUGGESTION TO DEFINE TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICAL METHODS, OR TO REGISTER THE PRACTITIONERS OF THESE METHODS, MR CHAMBERS SAID THIS WOULD BE AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT UNDERTAKING, GIVEN THE NATURE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE.
+I DO NOT FEEL THAT AT PRESENT AT ANY RATE THE SITUATION IS SUCH AS TO WARRANT ACTION OF THIS KIND, HE SAID.
AS TO THE CONTROL OF PARA-MEDICAL PROFESSIONS, MR CHAMBERS SAID PRIORITY HAD BEEN GIVEN TO THE DRAFTING OF THESE REGULATIONS, BUT EXTENSIVE CONSULTATION WITH THE RELEVANT BOARDS OF THE SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS COUNCIL HAD BEEN NECESSARY.
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+BASED ON THE PRESENT RATE OF PROGRESS, I EXPECT THAT THE PHYSIOTHERAPISTS REGULATIONS WILL BE ENACTED EARLY NEXT YEAR, J FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS BY THE OTHER REGULATIONS WHICH WILL BE DRAFTED ON THE SAME MODEL.+
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