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Health chiefs to visit China
At the invitation of China's Ministry of Public Health, a delegation led by the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, has left for Beijing today (Wednesday).
Other members include Mrs Shelley Lau, Deputy Secretary for Health and Welfare; Dr Margaret Chan, Director of Health; Dr E K Yeoh, Chief Executive of the Hospital Authority; Dr W M Ko, Deputy Director of Operations of the Hospital Authority; and Dr P Y Lam from the Department of Health.
During their stay in Beijing, they will call on the Minister of Public Health, Professor Chen Minzhang, and exchange views with him on issues of mutual interest, including the use and practice of Western and Chinese medicine in the two territories.
They will also visit the Xi Yuan Hospital of the Research Academy of Chinese Medicine, the Beijing University of Medical Sciences, the People's Hospital, and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
The party will leave for Shanghai on April 9. Apart from meeting officials of the Municipal Bureau of Public Health, they will also tour the Chinese Medicine Hospital there.
The visit will end on April 12.
End/Wednesday, April 5, 1995
Education delegation to visit Melbourne
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A nine-member delegation of the Curriculum Development Council (CDC) left today (Wednesday) for a nine-day visit to Melbourne, Australia.
The Chairman of the Council, Mr Kenneth Ting, said the objective of the delegation was to study how projects similar to the Target Oriented Curriculum (TOC) were developed, implemented and assessed in Australia.
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