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The Working Party

and Training

On

Postgraduate Medical Education

Question No. 5

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Reply by the Secretary for Health and Welfare to a question asked by Dr the Hon Henrietta Ip

in the Legislative Council on Wednesday, 15 June 1988

5. DR. IP asked :

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Question: In relation to the Working Group on postgraduate att

Medical Education, will Government give an assurance that the Group, prior to finalising their report to Government, duly consult the relevant professional specialties, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, and Anaesthesiology, which, contrary to the provisional report, it intends to delete as being eligible for the formation of a college?

SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE :

sir,

The Working Párty on Postgraduate Medical Education

and Training issued an Interim Report in September 1987. In

that report, a list of possible colleges and specialty

boards which might form the proposed Hong Kong Academy of

Medicine was set out. The report made it clear that this

list was tentative only and sought further views on this

question from members of the medical profession. I expect

to receive the Working Party's final report in the autumn

and in the meantime it would be quite inappropriate for me

to require the Working party to carry out further

consultation on this or any other matter; this is for the

li forking Party to decide.

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Once the Working Party's final recommendations have

been received, I accept that it may be necessary to carry

out further consultation before the proposals are put to the Governor/in/Council for decision.