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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1992

STATEMENT ON MEDICAL SURVEY

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE RESULTS OF AN OPINION SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE HONG KONG PUBLIC DOCTORS' ASSOCIATION AND THE GOVERNMENT DOCTORS' ASSOCIATION AMONG PUBLIC HOSPITAL DOCTORS LAST MONTH, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HEALTH AND WELFARE BRANCH MADE THE FOLLOWING POINTS:

* IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT

PUBLIC IMAGE OF THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY IS ALWAYS A MATTER OF CONCERN NOT ONLY TO THE STAFF BUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

* WE HAVE NOTED THE LOW RESPONSE RATE TO THE QUESTIONNAIRES WHICH REPRESENTED ONLY 13 PER CENT OF ALL PUBLIC HOSPITAL DOCTORS.

* IN THAT CONTEXT AND PARTICULARLY IN THE ABSENCE OF DETAILED ANALYSIS, IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO COMMENT ON THE VALIDITY OR OTHERWISE OF THE SURVEY CONCERNED.

EMPLOYEES RETRAINING BOARD STARTS WORK

THE EMPLOYEES RETRAINING BOARD SET UP TO CONSIDER THE PROVISION AND AVAILABILITY OF RETRAINING COURSES FOR THE BENEFITS OF LOCAL EMPLOYEES MET FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY (TUESDAY).

IT IS TASKED TO IDENTIFY PARTICULAR OCCUPATIONS THAT HAVE HIGH VACANCY RATES AND OF WHICH LOCAL EMPLOYEES MAY SECURE EMPLOYMENT BY ATTENDING RETRAINING COURSES TO ACQUIRE NEW OR ENHANCED VOCATIONAL SKILLS.

IT WILL ALSO LIAISE WITH TRAINING BODIES, OTHER RELATED ORGANISATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ON THE DESIGN, ADMINISTRATION AND AVAILABILITY OF RETRAINING COURSES.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD IS DR SAMUEL WONG PING-WAI AND THE VICE-CHAIRMAN IS MR LARRY TCHOU MING-HONG.

OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ARE:

MR HO SAI-CHU, DR LUI MING-WAH, MR HENRY TANG YING-YEN AND MRS HELEN PRICE REPRESENTING EMPLOYERS;

MR CHEUNG WOOD-LUN, MR LEUNG FU-WAH, MR LEUNG TSZ-LEUNG AND MS LI FUNG-YING REPRESENTING EMPLOYEES;

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE;

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING AUTHORITY;

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