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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1989

"UNFORTUNATELY, THESE SERVING IN REFUGEE CENTRES,

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EXEMPTIONS DO NOT EXTEND TO DOCTORS

MR BARNES SAID.

HAD THE

UNDER THE ORDINANCE, THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG POWER TO GRANT A PERSON A LICENCE TO PRACTISE MEDICINE, HE SAID.

THE CONDITIONS FOR GRANTING SUCH A LICENCE NORMALLY INCLUDED LICENTIATE EXAMINATION AND A SUBSEQUENT PERIOD OF ASSESSMENT.

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HOWEVER, THE ORDINANCE PROVIDED THAT THE MEDICAL COUNCIL MIGHT,

AS IT SUBJECT TO SUCH CONDITIONS

THOUGHT FIT,

ANY EXEMPT

PERSON

ANY WISHING TO BECOME A LICENTIATE FROM

REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED UNDER THE ORDINANCE, MR BARNES SAID.

"WE HAVE THEREFORE APPROACHED THE WHETHER THEY WOULD CONSIDER A LICENCE OR TO ENABLE THEM TO WORK IN REFUGEE CENTRES.

MEDICAL COUNCIL AND

MSP EXEMPTION FOR

ASKED DOCTORS

SAW

A VIEW

"THE INITIAL REACTION OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL WAS THAT THEY DIFFICULTY IN THIS, BUT WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE COUNCIL WITH TO FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE PROBLEM," MR BARNES SAID.

ORDINANCE AIMS AT STRIKING REASONABLE BALANCE

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THE INTENTION UNDERLYING

ORDINANCE 19 то PUBLIC'S RIGHT ΤΟ STRIKE A REASONABLE BALANCE BETWEEN THE

ASSEMBLE THE COMMUNITY AT AND EXPRESS ITS VIEWS AND THE BROADER INTERESTS OF LARGE.

THE PUBLIC ORDER

THIS

THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES, SAIL

A QUESTION IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN REPLY FROM THE HON DAVID LI ON THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICR'S POWER TO CONTROL PUBLIC MEETINGS, GATHERINGS AND PROCESSIONS.

APPLICANTS

MR BARNES SAID THAT WITH ANY SYSTEM WHERE CONDITIONS WERB

BE THERE WOULD

INSTANCES WHERE DOWN, INEVITABLY DISSATISFIED, BUT THESE CASES HAD BEEN RARE.

LAID

WERE

AMEND PART III OF MEETINGS, GATHERINGS AND

THE GOVERNMENT AT PRESENT HAD NO PLANS TO THE PUBLIC ORDER ORDINANCE WHICH CONCERNED PROCESSIONS, HE SAID.

HAS BEEN IN

OFFICE OMRLCO "I HAVE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT THE CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE CONCERNING OPERATION OF THIS ASPECT OF THE ORDINANCE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT OMELCO SECURITY PANEL IS CONSIDERING THE MATTER," HE SAID.

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/MR BARNES