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The

development

of a

second

medical

school

G.F. 323

However,

United Kingdom (GMC), which is essential.

the Director of Medical and Health Services can

offer employment to non-Commonwealth graduates

whose training and experience is acceptable to him.

9.8

The MDAC having identified the requirement

for additional doctors, the Government subsequently

consulted the University and Polytechnic Grants

Committee (UPCC) on how the requirement could best

be achieved and to give an estimate of comparative

costs.

9.9

The UPGC considered that the choice lay

between the establishment of a new medical school

at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and

expansion of the medical faculty at the University

of Hong Kong (HKU); that there was no likelihood of

getting the extra doctors required from overseas;

and that a medical school independent of either

university or run jointly by both would be adminis-

tratively impracticable. The UPGC noted the advantages

of expanding the medical faculty at HKU. These lic

primarily in the fact that there is already a large

and reputable medical faculty at HKU with the

necessary experience and expertise; there would also

be savings in time and no problem of the recognition

of the degree by the GMC. There would however by

disadvantages. This medical faculty already has an

intake of 150 students and by world standards this

is regarded as large enough; 250 would be definitely

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