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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1990

"IN ADDITION, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG RUNS A POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA COURS! IN OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE FOR REGISTERED DOCTORS WHO WISH TO ACQUIRE A MORE IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE IN THIS FIELD.

"DOCTORS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO OBTAIN ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE IN THE DIAGNOSIN OF OCCUPATIONAJ, DISEASES FROM THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DIVISION IN THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, SHE ADDED.

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REVIEW ON UNCONDITIONAL STAY STILL IN PROGRESS

A REVIEW TO DETERMINE HOW FORBION NATIONALS IN HONG KONG SHOULD BE GRANTED UNCONDITIONAL STAY AFTER HAVING LIVED HERE FOR SEVEN YEARS, AS OPPOSED TO THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT OF NINE YEARS, HAS NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON GEOFFREY BARNES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM DR THE HON LEONG CHE-HUNG, MR BARNES SAID THIS WAS BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITIES INVOLVED, AND FURTHER CONSULTATION HAD PROVED NECESSARY.

IT HAD BEEN ORIGINALLY EXPECTED THAT THE REVIEW COULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF LAST YEAR.

MR BARNES SAID THE REVIEW WOULD PAVE THE WAY FOR THE EVENTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RIGHT OF ABODE PROVISIONS IN THE JOINT DECLARATION.

THESE STATED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT ALL CHINESE NATIONALS BORN OR WHO HAD ORDINARILY RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS OR MORE, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS WHO HAD ORDINARILY RESIDED

IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS OR MORE AND WHO HAD TAKEN HONG KONG AS THEIR PLACE OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE, SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, HE ADDED.

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