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October 2003
Election of Council Members
At the close of nominations on 10 September 2003, the following nominations were
received. Fellows will receive the ballot papers in early October and
should return the same to the Secretariat by 17 November 2003, 5:00 pm.
Fellow may vote for ANY BUT NOT MORE THAN FIVE candidates.
| NOMINEE |
COLLEGE |
PROPOSER |
SECONDER |
| CHAN
Chok Wan |
Paediatricians |
LEONG
Che Hung |
LEUNG
Nai Kong |
| CHAN
Tai Kwong |
Physicians |
LEONG
Che Hung |
YU
Yue Hong, Richard |
| FOO
Kam So |
Family
Physicians |
LEONG
Che Hung |
LI
Kwok Tung, Donald |
| HUNG
Chi Tim |
Anaesthesiologists |
LEONG
Che Hung |
CHU
Kin Wah |
| LAW
Chi Lim |
Obstetricians
and Gynaecologists |
LEE
Kin Hung |
WOO
Sai Kit, Joseph |
| YIP
Wai Chun |
Surgeons |
LEONG
Che Hung |
CHU
Kin Wah |
10th Anniversary Congress – New Challenges in
Healthcare
This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the Academy. To celebrate
this occasion, a 10th anniversary congress entitled “New Challenges in
Healthcare” will be held from 28 to 30 of November. Plenary
speakers include Prof. Carol Black, President, Royal College of
Physicians, Prof. Sir David Todd, Founding President of the Hong Kong
Academy of Medicine, Prof. Zhu Chen, Director of Chinese National Human
Genome Centre at Shanghai, Prof. Nick Wright, London Research Institute,
Prof. Arthur Li, Secretary for Education and Manpower, HKSAR, Prof.
Richard Scheffler, Director of Petris Centre for Research Health Policy,
USA. Symposia topics cover Breast and Colonic Cancer: New Challenges
in Asia; Life-style Diseases; Medico Legal; Emerging Strategies in Cancer
Screening; Transitional Care: Adolescence to Adulthood; Emerging ENT
Problems, Sudden Cardiac Death and Arrhythmia; Financing Health Care: A
Global Challenge; Poisoning – New Perspectives; Traditional Chinese
Medicine, Molecular Biology in Modern Medicine; Mental Health in the 21st
Century; Vascular Diseases; New Challenges in Dental and Oral Health;
Sexual and Reproductive Health; Looking into the Future; Osteoporosis and
Fractures; Emerging Infectious Diseases; and Psycho-social Health.
Both Academies of Medicine in Malaysia and Singapore will also take part
in this congress.
Please check out more details from the Academy website: http://www.hkam.org.hk/nch/index.html
HKAM Golf Tournament 2003
 The
HKAM Golf Tournament 2003 has been scheduled for 26 November 2003 (Wednesday). The tournament will be held at the Eden Course of the Hong
Kong Golf Club. Please click
the link below for event and registration details.
Tai Chi and Putonghua Classes at the Academy Lounge
New Tai-chi and Putonghua classes will be organised at the
Academy Lounge. Interested Fellows please click below for class schedules
and enrollment details. Registration will be on first-come-first-serve
basis.
Academy Policy on Reduced Rate Subscriptions
The
Academy last revised its policy on reduced rate subscriptions in
2000. Detailed policy can be found in the Fellows Area in the
HKAM website. Fellows are requested to note that reduced rates will
be effective from the next subscription year after submission of
application. Fellows should therefore submit their applications
before 31 December 2003 if they are eligible for and wish to enjoy the
reduced rates in year 2004.
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