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Statistics on dental training

Following is a question by Dr the Hon Conrad Lam and a written reply by the Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Michael Leung, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Will the Administration inform this Council of the following statistics concerning the dental profession:

(a)

the current admission rate of the territory's Dental School;

(b)

the admission rate of the specialist training positions in the Dental School in the past 3 years; and

(c)

the wastage rate of dental officers in the civil service due to retirement or emigration in the past 3 years?

Reply:

Mr President,

(a)

(b)

The actual intake of students on the Bachelor degree programme in Dental Surgery at Hong Kong University in 1994-95 was 50. The planned intake for 1995-96 is also 50.

Specialist training in dentistry at HKU takes the form of post-graduate training. HKU at present offers two taught postgraduate programmes in dental surgery. The student enrolments for the two programmes in the 1992-95 triennium are as follows -

92-93

93-94

94-95

(fte*)

(fte)

(fte)

Postgraduate Diploma in

10

10

11

Dental Surgery

Master in Dental Surgery

19

19

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* full time equivalent