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THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1989

5.

TRANSLATION WILL BECOME MORE IMPORTANT FOR HK

YEARS

TRANSLATION WOULD BECOME MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT IN THE TO COME AS HONG KONG WOULD FORGE CLOSER LINKS WITH CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES ECONOMICALLY, CULTURALLY AND POLITICALLY, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND INFORMATION, MR RICKY FUNG, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

MR FUNG WAS ADDRESSING A CEREMONY IN WHICH HE PRESENTED CERTIFICATES TO 39 CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS WHO HAD SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE 9TH, 10TH AND 11TH BASIC TRAINING COURSES ORGANISED BY THE CHINESE LANGUAGE DIVISION OF HIS BRANCH.

HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE CHINESE LANGUAGE OFFICERS WOULD KEEP UP WITH THEIR GOOD WORK AND ENDEAVOUR TO COPE WITH THE NEW CHALLENGE AHEAD.

"THE CONTENTS OF THE BASIC TRAINING COURSE ARE BOTH COMPREHENSIVE, TAILORED TO MEET THE PRACTICAL NEEDS NEEDS LANGUAGE OFFICERS IN THE EXECUTION OF THEIR DAILY DUTIES,

MR FUNG ENCOURAGED THE NEWLY-RECRUITED THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND IMPROVE THEIR PROFICIENCY.

OFFICERS

SOLID AND OF OF CHINESE HE SAID.

ΤΟ BROADEN

19 PASS MEDICAL EXAMINATION

常常

OF

HONG KONG PART I OF

THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL ANNOUNCED TODAY THURSDAY) THAT 19 CANDIDATES HAD PASSED THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATION FOR UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS.

A TOTAL OF 138 CANDIDATES

SAT THE MULTIPLE-CHOICE

PAPER ON PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE ON JANUARY 4.

QUESTION

PART II OF THE EXAMINATION, DESIGNED TO TEST THE CANDIDATES ' ENGLISH FOR PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES, WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 7 AND MAY 2.

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IN ADDITION TO THE 19 SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES FROM PART I SEVEN OTHER CANDIDATES WHO FAILED PART II IN PREVIOUS YEARS WILL BE SITTING THIS PART OF THE EXAMINATION.

CANDIDATES MAY CHOOSE TO TAKE THE EXAMINATION ON EITHER DATE.

PART

II LICENTIATE

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