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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1994

PUBLIC

THE MECHANISM, WHICH IS A JUDICIAL PROCESS DESIGNED FOR ELECTIONS, CANNOT BE ADOPTED WITHOUT A COMPLEX PROCESS OF ADAPTATION WHICH TAKES TIME TO COMPLETE, HE SAID.

"THE ADMINISTRATION IS SATISFIED THAT THE ABSENCE OF SUCH A MECHANISM

OF FOR THE TIME BEING SHOULD NOT COMPROMISE THE PRINCIPLE FAIR AND OPEN RURAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS.

"A SEPARATE ELECTION PETITION MECHANISM SUITABLE TO THE SPECIAL

OF CIRCUMSTANCES

RURAL COMMITTEES AND THE HEUNG YEE KUK WILL BE DEVISED AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THOSE BODIES, HE SAID.

PASSED

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THERE WAS URGENCY IN HAVING THE BILL IN TIME BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR TO COVER THE 25 RURAL COMMITTEE ELECTIONS TO BE HELD EARLY NEXT YEAR.

HE

SAID THE CURRENT EXERCISE HAD THE SUPPORT OF THE HEUNG

YEE

KUK.

THE BILL

COUNCIL WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE NOVEMBER 16 THIS YEAR.

ON

BILL ON MEDICAL AND RELATED PROFESSIONALS GAZETTED

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THE GOVERNMENT HAS PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT BILL TO UPDATE VARIOUS PROVISIONS IN SIX ORDINANCES GOVERNING THE MEDICAL AND RELATED PROFESSIONALS.

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (FRIDAY) SAID WITH THE CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, CERTAIN PROVISIONS IN THE DENTISTS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, MEDICAL REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, MIDWIVES REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, NURSES REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL PROFESSIONS ORDINANCE AND PHARMACY AND POISONS ORDINANCE WOULD NEED TO BE AMENDED.

THE

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT SINCE 1992, A UNIVERSAL LICENSING EXAMINATION HAD BEEN INTRODUCED BY STAGES FOR REGISTRATION OF DENTAL PRACTITIONERS IN HONG KONG, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHERE THE PRACTITIONER RECEIVED HIS OR HER TRAINING IN DENTISTRY.

THE MEDICAL AND RELATED PROFESSIONAL (REGISTRATION) (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL 1994 GAZETTED TODAY SEEKS TO AMEND THE DENTIST REGISTRATION ORDINANCE TO REFLECT THE CHANGE IN LICENSING POLICY.

BY AMENDING THE MEDICAL REGISTRATION ORDINANCE, THE BILL SEEKS TO STANDARDISE THE FEES CHARGED FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR MEDICAL AND RELATED PROFESSIONALS, IN RESPECT OF REGISTRATION AND THE ISSUANCE OF PRACTISING CERTIFICATES.

THE BILL PROPOSES TO INTRODUCE A SYSTEM STIPULATING REGISTERED/ENROLLED NURSES MUST OBTAIN A PRACTISING CERTIFICATE THE NURSING BOARD BEFORE THEY CAN PRACTISE NURSING IN HONG KONG.

THAT FROM

/"AT PRESENT,