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SUPPLEMENTARY TO QUESTION NUMBER 5

JUNE 1988

IN LEGCO ON 15th JUNE 1988

DR. IP:

Sir, wil1

Government

give an

SECRETARY FOR HEALTH

AND WELFARE:

PROF. POON:

↓

SECRETARY

FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:

DR. HO:

SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE:

assurance that it would carry out further

consultation with doctors from all specialties

before putting the final proposals to the

Governor in Council?

Sir, I think this will depend on the nature of

the recommendations.

still

Certainly it appears that there

are matters which are controversial and I

would envisage that further consultation would

take place.

Sir, are there any paediatricians,

orthopaedic

surgeons and anaesthetists in the working

party?

Sir, as far as I am aware there are not. The

medical profession is fairly widely represented

on the working party but given the need to keep

the numbers to a reasonable size, it was not

possible to include members from all sub-

specialties.

Sir, how does the working party arrive at a

decision whether or not a specialty should have

a college?

Sir, the working party has not yet arrived at a

decision. I have not yet received its report

but in the interim report which was produced

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