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MONDAY, JULY 24,-1989

SAID

SINGAPORE

WAS

CHOSEN

BECAUSE

OF

ITS

MANY

MR LEE SIMILARITIES WITH HONG KONG.

WHICH

THE DELEGATION WILL VISIT SINGAPORE'S PEOPLE ASSOCIATION IS SIMILAR TO THE LOCAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE IN DESIGN AND FUNCTIONS.

THEY WILL ALSO VISIT THE COUNTRY'S PUBLIC HOUSING AREAS COMMUNITY CENTRE.

AND A

THE ITINERARY ALSO INCLUDES VISITS TO AN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE THE CONTAINER PORT.

AND

31 PASS FINAL LICENTIATE EXAMINATION

*

THE LICENTIATE COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT 31 OUT OF 76 CANDIDATES HAVE PASSED THE FINAL PART OF THE LICENTIATE EXAMINATION OF UNREGISTRABLE DOCTORS.

WAS

THIS PART OF THE EXAMINATION, HELD BETWEEN JULY 11 AND 13, AN ORAL ONE TO TEST THE ABILITY OF CANDIDATES TO APPLY PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO CLINICAL PROBLEMS.

THE

CANDIDATES WERE EXAMINED BY TWO PANELS OF EXAMINERS IN EACH THREE DISCIPLINES

MEDICINE, SURGERY, AND OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY.

OF

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WILL BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO AN 18-MONTH PERIOD OF ASSESSMENT AND TRAINING IN HOSPITALS APPROVED BY THE MEDICAL COUNCIL, STARTING IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.

INCREASE IN TRADE MARK APPLICATIONS

THE TRADE MARKS REGISTRY SHOWED AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED DURING THE HALF YEAR ENDED JUNE 30: 1989 5,253 AS AGAINST 4,389 IN THE SAME PERIOD OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

AT 1,920, THE NUMBER OF NEW TRADE MARKS REGISTERED HALF YEAR WAS LOWER THAN IN THE SAME PERIOD OF 1988, TOTAL NUMBER OF TRADE MARKS NOW REGISTERED TO 52,782.

THESE FIGURES WERE PROVIDED TODAY

GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

DURING THE BRINGING THE

(MONDAY) BY

THE REGISTRAR

/IN THE