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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1994

PILOT SCHEME TO IMPORT CHINA PROFESSIONALS UNDER REVIEW

OF

THE

THE GOVERNMENT WILL REVIEW THE APPLICATION PROCEDURES PILOT SCHEME ON IMPORTATION OF PROFESSIONALS AND MANAGERS FROM CHINA, IN THE LIGHT OF OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE.

IN

THE

MR

A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON JAMES TIEN IN

COUNCIL,

AND LEGISLATIVE

MANPOWER, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID THE ADMINISTRATION WELCOMED ALL VIEWS SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO FURTHER IMPROVE THE PILOT SCHEME WHICH EXTENSION OF THE PRESENT POLICY FOR ENTRY OF OVERSEAS PROFESSIONALS.

AND WAS AN

NOTING THAT THE SCHEME WAS GIVEN AMPLE PUBLICITY AND WAS REPORTED EXTENSIVELY BY THE MEDIA, MR LEUNG SAID OVER 10,000 APPLICATION FORMS WERE DISTRIBUTED AND OVER

2,000 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AT THE END OF PHASE I ON MAY 31.

"THE GOVERNMENT

WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THE SCHEME EXISTING CHANNELS, HE SAID.

THROUGH

11

AMPLE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEDICAL OFFICERS

BOTH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS COURSES ARE AVAILABLE AS IN-SERVICE TRAINING FOR MEDICAL AND HEALTH OFFICERS ENGAGED IN PROVIDING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS CONRAD ELIZABETH WONG, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON LAM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

SHE POINTED OUT THAT SHORT COURSES IN THE FORM OF SEMINARS, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES, REFRESHER COURSES AND CLINICAL ATTACHMENTS WERE ORGANISED TO UPDATE THE OFFICERS' KNOWLEDGE ON SUBJECTS RELEVANT TO THEIR PRACTICES.

"LONG COURSES SUCH AS DIPLOMA OR DEGREE COURSES IN FAMILY MEDICINE, PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICINE, OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE, EPIDEMIOLOGY FOR THE AND APPLIED STATISTICS, ETC. PROVIDE MORE IN-DEPTH TRAINING PURPOSE OF STAFF DEVELOPMENT,

MRS WONG SAID.

AS AT JUNE 1, 1994, 297 OF THE 480 MEDICAL AND HEALTH OFFICERS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WERE ENGAGED IN PROVIDING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES, SHE SAID.

(9.09 PER

CENT) IN THIS

ON AVERAGE, ONE OUT OF 11 OFFICERS GROUP POSSESSED SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS, MRS WONG ADDED.

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