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November 2000
HKAM Second International Congress
 The 4-day congress was well attended by some 600 delegates from overseas and Hong Kong. The Academy has invited Mrs. Anson Chan, Chief Secretary for Administration, HKSAR, as the Guest of Honour at the opening ceremony. Mrs. Chan also delivered the David Todd oration, entitled "Hong Kong: Cycles of Change", on the same evening.
 During the opening ceremony, the Academy has presented awards to Dr. James Kung and Mrs. Cecilia Lee for their contributions to the Academy in the past years. Dr. James Kung, whom was award an Academy Medal, has served the Academy as Chairman of the HKAM Foundation Foundation's Fund Management Committee and the Academy's Finance & Investment Committee since 1993. Mrs. Cecilia Lee, whom was presented an Award for Distinguished Contributions, has served the Academy's Joint Building Committee and House Committee since 1997.
An exciting dinner game was held during the Congress Banquet. The lucky winner got 2 roundtrip business class air tickets from Hong Kong to Tokyo, which was generously donated by Farrington American Express Travel and Northwest Airlines.
Best Young Investigator's Awards
The Young Investigator's Awards took place on the second day of the Congress and the results are as follows:
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Name |
Dr. PANG Man Wah Selina
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Paper Title |
Application of a Customised Birth Weight Standard in Identifying Babies with Growth Restriction among Ethnic Chinese Subjects
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Silver Prize
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Name |
Dr. TSANG Wen Chieng Wilson
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Paper Title |
A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Harmonic Scalpel Haemorrhoidectomy, Bipolar Scissors Haemorrhoidectomy, and the Standard Miligan-Morgan Operation
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Bronze Prize
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Name |
Dr. LEUNG Tsin Wah
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Paper Title |
A Comparison of the Prevalence of Domestic Violence between Patients Seeking Termination of Pregnancy and other General Gynaecology Patients
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Diploma in Medical Informatics
On 30 September and 1 October, 16 participants attended a weekend workshop which started the inaugural session of the Medical Informatics diploma course. A joint opening ceremony between Hong Kong and Edinburgh was conducted via teleconference during the weekend. The following are some comments from the participants:
"The weekend workshop served the purpose of allowing us to meet fellow participants, and getting familiarized with the course software. One disadvantage is that the course is conducted over the Internet, so students are not supervised directly. However, this allows flexibility as we all work long and irregular hours." - Dr. Y.M. Lee, Singapore.
"As a practising neuro-surgeon running a national and continental society and teaching in a university my main problem is time. I must congratulate the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine for taking the initiative. I may be one of the oldest students and it is going to be quite an experience submitting assignments and doing my homework instead of evaluating doctoral theses!" - Dr. Krishnan Ganapathy, Chennai, India.
Registration for the diploma course is every four months. Online registration for the February 2001 course will close on 8 January 2001. Further information about the course can be obtained from the Web site at: www.diploma.rcsed.ac.uk.
Seminar on Healthcare
 The Academy will hold a seminar entitled "Healthcare in China & USA: Challenges & Opportunities in the 21st Century" on 21 November 2000.
We are honoured to have Prof. Wu Jie Ping, Vice-chairman of the People's Congress of China as one of the speakers. Details of the seminar are as follows:
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Topics |
Speaker |
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18:00 |
Cocktail Reception
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18:50 |
Introduction |
David FANG
President
Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
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19:00 |
China’s entry into WTO: impact on healthcare |
WU Jie Ping
Vice-Chairman
People’s Congress
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19:20 |
For better or worse? USA healthcare under a new administration |
Robert T. CLARKE
President and CEO
Memorial Health System
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19:40 |
American and Chinese healthcare: what we can learn from each other |
Fred L. BROWN
Chairman
American Hospital Association
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20:00 |
The role of not-for-profit hospital boards in USA healthcare |
William R. ENLOW
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Memorial Health System
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20:15 |
Questions & Answers |
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Registration will be on first-come-first-serve basis. Registration form can be downloaded from here.
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Annual General Meeting
The 7th AGM of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine will be held on 14 December 2000 (Thursday) at 7:30 p.m., at the Run Run Shaw Hall, 1/F, Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, 99 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.
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October 2000
Election of Officers
 Prof. John Leong, one of the candidates for election of President, withdrew on 21 September, leaving only 2 candidates for the election of the post. Council has arranged a special meeting with the candidates before the ballot closes. Ballot papers will be opened and counted by our Auditors during the Council meeting on 19 October 2000 and the election results will be announced later.
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Post |
Nominees |
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President |
Allan CHANG
C.H. LEONG
John LEONG (Withdrawn) |
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Vice President (General Affairs) |
Joseph J.Y. SUNG |
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Vice President (Education) |
Grace W.K. TANG |
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Honorary Secretary |
K.W. CHU |
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Honorary Treasurer |
Pamela LEUNG |
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Editor |
Philip K.T. LI
Y.L. YU |
HKAM 2nd International Congress
 The Congress is only a month ahead! Fellows should register immediately if they have not yet done so. Please visit our homepage or contact our Conference Department on 2871 8787 for information.
The Academy will organise a golf tournament on the first day (2nd November) of the Congress. Both the medical alumni of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of Hong Kong will participate. The tournament will take place at the Fanling Golf Club. Tournament fee is expected to be around HK$2,000/person for non-member (halfway drinks, club and caddie fees not included). Interested Fellows can contact Ms Lenora Yung on 2871 8841 for details. Registration will close on 14 October 2000 and be on first-come-first-serve basis.
Hong Kong Medical Post
Council has agreed in principle to develop another publication providing information, views and commentary to healthcare professionals as well as interested organisations and individuals. The Academy is in the process of negotiation with a medical publication company for collaboration arrangement. The first trial issue will be released in November.
Diploma in Informatics
This course is co-organised by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. A pre-course introductory weekend was successfully held on 30 September and 1 October at the Academy's new computer laboratory. 13 Hong Kong and 3 overseas students (1 from China, 1 from India, 1 from Singapore) attended this weekend. During the workshop, students were taught how to use WebCT for their course learning and assessment. The workshop was led by Prof. Angus Wallace from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Hong Kong tutors. A teleconference was held at the evening of 30 September with the Royal College at Edinburgh. CME points will be accredited by the Colleges of Emergency Medicine, Obstetricians & Gynaecologists, Ophthalmologists, Otorhinolaryngologists, Psychiatrists and Surgeons. This course will enroll students several times a year. The next course is expected to start in February next year. For enrolment and other information, please visit the following website - http://www.rcsed.ac.uk/fmi/diploma/introduction.asp.
Chinese Medical Association/Harvard Medical School Conference
Chinese Medical Association and Harvard Medical International will organise a 5-day conference entitled "Health Care, East and West, Moving into the 21st Century" in June 2001. The goal of this conference is to understand the existing health care systems in both countries and examine new ways to improve the health of people throughout the world. CMA will form a delegation representing China to attend this event. The delegation will comprise a 300-person team from Mainland China and a 50-person team from Hong Kong SAR and Macau. CMA wishes to form a delegation comprising specialists of different areas and has therefore invited the Academy to co-ordinate the formation of the Hong Kong team. The Academy has contacted the Government, the Hospital Authority, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong and Medical Association for the arrangement.
September 2000
Election of Officers
Nomination was closed on 31 August 2000. The following nominations were received. Postal Ballot (among Council members) will be conducted on 1 October 2000. Election results will be announced in due course.
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Post |
Nominees |
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President |
Allan CHANG
C.H. LEONG
John LEONG |
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Vice President (General Affairs) |
Joseph J.Y. SUNG |
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Vice President (Education) |
Grace W.K. TANG |
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Honorary Secretary |
K.W. CHU |
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Honorary Treasurer |
Pamela LEUNG |
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Editor |
Philip K.T. LI
Y.L. YU |
Reduced Rate Subscriptions
 The revised Policy on Reduced Rate Subscription was approved by Council. Please go to the Fellows Area for details.
Collection of Subscriptions
According to the HKAM Bylaws, the Academy subscriptions should be collected by her Colleges. Council at its recent meeting agreed that Colleges, if they wished, could request the Academy Secretariat to act on their behalf for collection of the Academy and College subscriptions. However, Fellows should note that according to Bylaw 6.1.6, the Academy Council has the power and discretion to terminate a person's Fellowship, if a Fellow has ceased to be a member of the Academy College in which the specialty of his Fellowship belongs. In this regard, Fellows should ensure that they would also settle their College dues on time if they are separately billed by their College.
Diploma in Informatics
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in partnership with The Hong Kong Academy of Medicine is offering a new Diploma and Certificate Course in Medical Informatics via the Internet, beginning in October 2000. (Also see below) As at 30 August 2000, 73 candidates have registered for the course (2 from Australia, 1 from Canada, 1 from China, 13 from Hong Kong, 3 from Ireland, 1 from Malaysia, 2 from New Zealand, 1 from Oman, 1 from Pakistan, 1 from Saudi Arabia, 2 from Singapore, 1 from South Africa, 1 from United Arab Emirates, 40 from UK and 3 from USA). The Hong Kong Introductory Weekend will take place at the Academy on 30 September and 1 October 2000. The Hong Kong students, tutors and the Chairman, Faculty of Medical Informatics of the Royal College will attend. For enrolment and other information, please visit the following website - http://www.rcsed.ac.uk/fmi/diploma/introduction.asp.
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