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     The Secretary for Transport and Housing, Mr Frank Chan Fan, visited Yuen Long this afternoon (April 26) to keep abreast of the latest developments in the district.      Accompanied by the District Officer (Yuen Lon… read more

     Regarding the Food and Health Bureau’s meeting with major stakeholders of medical groups held yesterday (April 25), a spokesman for the Government said today (April 26), “The relevant proposal for relaxing the internship requirement for non-locally trained doctors was discussed at the meeting. Attendees agreed in principle that the internship requirement for non-locally trained doctors who have passed the Licensing Examination (LE) and worked in the public healthcare system under limited registration for a certain period could be relaxed.
 
     “At the meeting, the representative from the Hong Kong Medical Association (HKMA) proposed the latest option which suggests exempting non-locally trained doctors, who work either in the Hospital Authority, the Department of Health or the Faculty of Medicine of the two universities, from internship if they have engaged in clinical work for 18 months upon passing the LE. The attendees welcomed the latest option to standardise the period of required internship to be exempted in various public health authorities. However, some attendees had reservations over excluding services other than clinical work in public hospitals (e.g. services in the Department of Health as well as teaching and scientific research work in the Faculty of Medicine of the two universities) from the definition of ‘clinical work’. Meanwhile, the attendees also held different views on the method of calculating the duration of clinical work. Some also indicated that they need to better understand the details of the option for further discussion and consideration. Consensus on the relevant details had not been reached yet at yesterday’s meeting.
 
     “The Government hopes that the medical sector will continue to discuss different options in a rational way and that the Medical Council of Hong Kong (MCHK) will come up with a positive decision with no discrimination for relaxation of internship requirements at its meeting to be held next month,” the spokesman stressed.
 
     The stakeholders attending yesterday’s meeting included representatives from the MCHK, the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, the HKMA, the Faculty of Medicine of the two universities, the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority. read more

The following is issued on behalf of the Legislative Council Secretariat:      The Legislative Council (LegCo) Committees will hold 20 open meetings and two closed meetings during the week from April 29 to May 3 in the LegCo Comp… read more

     A red tide was sighted over the past week, an inter-departmental red tide working group reported today (April 26).
 
     The red tide was spotted by staff of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department on April 19 at Silver Mine Bay Beach, Lantau Island.
 
     The red tide has dissipated and no associated death of fish has been reported.
 
     A spokesman for the working group said, “The red tide was formed by Noctiluca scintillans, which is commonly found in Hong Kong waters and is non-toxic.”
 
     The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) urged mariculturists at Cheung Sha Wan fish culture zone to monitor the situation closely and increase aeration where necessary.
 
     Red tide is a natural phenomenon. The AFCD’s proactive phytoplankton monitoring programme will continue monitoring red tide occurrences to minimise the impact on the mariculture industry and the public. read more

     Police today (April 26) appealed to the public for information on a woman who went missing in Tsing Yi.      Yeung Pui-fun, aged 56, went missing after she left her residence in Cheung Wang Esta… read more