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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1991

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PROFESSIONS SHOULD VET THEIR MEMBERS' QUALIFICATIONS

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THAT THE PROFESSIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT ADOPTS THE PRINCIPLE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS, ACCOUNTANTS, ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, SURVEYORS AND DOCTORS SHOULD

SELF-REGULATORY IN

THEIR VERIFYING

MEMBERS' PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.

BE

THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, STATED THIS IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON PANG CHUN-HOI IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

OF

ON THE RECENT QUERIES ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS SOME PEOPLE WHO PRACTISE UNDER HONG KONG LAW, MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT IT WOULD BE,

THOSE ORGANISATIONS RESPONSIBLE THEREFORE, FOR VERIFYING THE AFORESAID PEOPLE'S PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.

FOR

CONSIDERED

MR CHAN STRESSED THAT THE PEER JUDGEMENT SYSTEM WAS TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO QUALIFYING AND NO INTERVENTION OR ASSISTANCE FROM THE GOVERNMENT WAS REQUIRED.

HE SAID PRESENTLY THE ORGANISATIONS RESPONSIBLE PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FELL INTO TWO CATEGORIES.

FOR VERIFYING

PRACTISE IN

HONG

THEY A THOSE WHICH VERIFY QUALIFICATIONS TO KONG, AND THOSE WHICH VERIFY QUALIFICATIONS TO REGISTER AND/OR PERFORM STATUTORY FUNCTIONS.

DOCTORS

THE ORGANISATIONS RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING THE QUALIFICATIONS PEOPLE PRACTISING AS ACCOUNTANTS, LEGAL PRACTITIONERS AND UNDER HONG KONG LAW ARE AS FOLLOWS:

OF

THE

HONG

KONG SOCIETY OF ACCOUNTANTS (HKSA) PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANTS ORDINANCE (CAP 50);

THE

{ FOR

UNDER

THE

LAW SOCIETY (FOR SOLICITORS) AND THE BAR ASSOCIATION

BARRISTERS) UNDER THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS

-

ORDINANCE

(CAP 159); AND

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THE MEDICAL COUNCIL

UNDER THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION

ORDINANCE (CAP 161).

AS FOR ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS AND SURVEYORS, MR CHAN NOTED

FOR REQUIREMENT THERE WAS NO LEGAL

PRACTICE IN HONG KONG.

THAT THEM то OBTAIN A LICENSE TO

CHAN

HOWEVER, MR

EXPLAINED THAT IF

ΤΟ THEY WERE FUNCTIONS, STATUTORY

THEY MUST BE APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED REGISTERED WITH THE REGISTERING OR LICENSING BODY FOR EACH ORDINANCE.

PERFORM AND

PARTICULAR

A NUMBER OF LEGISLATIONS HAD BEEN ENACTED RECENTLY TO PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS AND SURVEYORS, MR CHAN SAID.

REGISTER

WELL ESTABLISHED,

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"IT

IS INTENDED THAT, WHEN THE REGISTER IS STATUS WILL BE APPLICABLE TO THE STATUTORY FUNCTIONS,"

REGISTERED ADDED.

/REGISTRATION REQUIRED