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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1988

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PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL PRAISED

THE ACHIEVEMENTS ATTAINED SO FAR BY THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL WILL HAVE THE CONTINUING EFFECT OF ENHANCING THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF DENTAL PRACTITIONERS SENIOR MEMBER, THE HON LYDIA DUNN, SAID IN THE TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MISS DUNN WAS TABLING THE 1986-87 REPORT GOVERNORS OF THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL.

IN HONG KONG, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OR THE BOARD OF

SHE NOTED THAT THE REPORT HAD MENTIONED THE EXCELLENT RESULTS ACHIEVED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG'S FACULTY OF DENTISTRY IN THE 1987 FINAL EXAMINATIONS.

"THIS IS FINE TESTIMONY TO THE VERY HIGH STANDARDS BEING MAINTAINED BY THE TEACHING STAFF OF THE FACULTY OF DENTISTRY AND TO THE DEDICATION, HARD WORK AND PERSONAL TALENTS OF THOSE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE DENTISTRY THEIR CHOSEN PROFESSION,

SHE SAID.

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SUE NOTED THAT THE FACULTY WAS ALSO ASSUMING AN IMPORTANT ROLE AS A CENTRE OF DENTAL RESEARCH IN THE REGION.

"IN ADDITION TO THE TEACHING

OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, THE FACULTY IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING POST-GRADUATE STUDIES FOR ITS OWN GRADUATES AND ALSO FOR GRADUATES OF UNIVERSITIES OVERSEAS," SHE NOTED.

THE RESEARCH WORK CARRIED OUT BOTH BY THOSE STUDENTS AND BY STAFF ENSURED THAT THE FACULTY WAS IN THE VANGUARD OF MODERN DEVELOPMENTS IN DENTISTRY, SHE SAID.

THE HOSPITAL WAS

ALSO NOW THE

HEADQUARTERS OF THE NEWEST DIVISION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DENTAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION SOUTH EAST ASIA DIVISION.

THE

OF

THE FACULTY CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN CLOSE TIES WITH FACULTIES STOMATOLOGY IN CHINA WITH SENIOR STAFF FROM TIME TO TIME PRESENTING LECTURES IN THOSE FACULTIES AND HOLDING VISITING TEACHING APPOINTMENTS THERE.

CONVERSELY, VISITS TO THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL HAD BEEN MADE BY MANY SENIOR DENTAL STAFF FROM SISTER FACULTIES IN CHINA.

MISS DUNN NOTED THAT SENIOR STUDENTS WITH THEIR TEACHERS HAD PARTICIPATED IN OUTREACH COMMUNITY DENTAL HEALTH PROJECTS, OFTEN IN AREAS OF HONG KONG AT PRESENT UNDER-SERVED BY ORAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES, AND THE SERVICES PROVIDED HAD BEEN GREATLY APPRECIATED THE PUBLIC.

BY

/MIES DUNN