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BASIC LAW: BLDC VI: LAST DAY (16 DECEMBER)
: SPECIAL GROUP ON EDUCATION, CULTURE, ETC.
PRESS REPORTS
SUMMARY
SPECIAL GROUP ON EDUCATION, CULTURE, ETC. AGREED TO AMEND ARTICLE 9 OF CHAPTER VI TO THE EFFECT THAT RECOGNISED PROFESSIONAL BODIES IN HK COULD QUOTE ON THEIR OWN UNQUOTE ASSESS AND ACCREDIT PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION. DELETION OF EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THIS ARTICLE ALSO AGREED. REMOVAL OF QUOTE IN THE HONG KONG SAR UNQUOTE FROM THE TITLE OF CHAPTER VI SUGGESTED.
DETAILS
(A) ARTICLE 9; CHAPTER VI: ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITION OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
2. THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUP ON EDUCATION, CULTURE, ETC. MET ON 16 DECEMBER. THEY AGREED TO AMEND THE THIRD CLAUSE OF ARTICLE 9 OF CHAPTER VI AS FOLLOWS:
QUOTE THE HONG KONG SAR SHALL MAINTAIN THE PROFESSIONS AND PROFESSIONAL BODIES WHICH WERE RECOGNISED PRIOR TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SAR. THOSE PROFESSIONAL BODIES MAY ON THEIR OWN ASSESS AND ACCREDIT PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS. UNQUOTE
IT WAS ALSO AGREED THAT THE EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THIS ARTICLE WOULD BE DELETED.
3. HONG KONG BLDC MEMBER, RAYMOND WU, TOLD THE PRESS THAT THE DELETION OF THE PHRASE QUOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PREVIOUS PRACTICE UNQUOTE FROM THE ORIGINAL THIRD CLAUSE OF THIS ARTICLE WOULD PROVIDE FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY, AND THAT IT WOULD ALSO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE QUOTE PREVIOUS PRACTICE UNQUOTE BEING OUT- DATED.
IN A SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE PLENUM, WU SAID THAT THE PROFESSIONAL SYSTEM IN HONG KONG WAS GRADUALLY DEPARTING FROM THE
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