TNAG-1015-FCO40-1265-Quarterly-progress-reports-on-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 224

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22.1 ara-medical

training

23. Queen Mary

Hospital

LABOUR

24. International

Labour Conventions

(ILO)

Purpose

To provide training facilities in certain of the para-medical fields, and to introduce legislation for controlling certain para-medical professions.

(a) To increase the clinical

staff at Queen Mary Hospital QMH), to review the long term staffing requirements, and to examine whether the

integrated system proposed

for the Prince of Wales

Hospital should be adopted

for use at QMH.

Progress made and present position (a) Arrangements have been made for the

gazetting of the membership of the Supplementary Medical Professions Council and four individual professional Boards.

(b)

Additional drafting instructions from the Director of Medical and Health Services on the Medical Laboratory Technicians (Registration & Disciplinary Procedures) Regulations 1980 are being examined.

The 4th draft reort is now being revised in the light of the latest comments received from UPGC in March' on the University of Hong Kong's staffing requirement and the up-to-date information on existing beds and staffing provided by DMHS and HKU.

(b) To expand and improve the The appointment of consultant architects to

facilities at QMH.

To seek to improve the application of ILO Conventions to Hong Kong.

expedite the detailed planning of the project is in hand. Consideration is being given to the setting up of a Project Co-ordinating Committee once the appointment of consultant architects is finalized.

During the quarter, two improved declarations (Conventions Nos. 14 and 101) and one first time declaration (No. 148) were forwarded to the FCO for registration by the ILO. The

aggregate situation to date is:

Applied without modification Applied with modification Decision reserved

New Conventions being processed (No. 148 and 150 pending

registrations of 'applied with modification' by the ILO).

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Next quarter target

Action completed.

To seek advice on the proposed regulations from Council and Board

To finalize the report.

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To monitor progress.

To maintain momentum.

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