Dr. Keith Halnan 

The Academy regrets to inform Fellows that sadly, Dr. Keith Halnan passed away on 6 February 2006.  Fellows may be aware that Dr. Halnan was appointed by the Hong Kong Government as the Chairman of the Working Party on Postgraduate Medical Education & Training in 1986.  And the Academy was established based on the recommendation of a formal report, which is widely known as the “Halnan Report”, published by that Working Party in October 1988.  An obituary of Dr. Halnan will be published in the coming issue of Hong Kong Medical Journal.

Extraordinary General Meeting – 15 June 2006

Council has decided to hold an EGM on 15 June 2006 to admit new Fellows.  The EGM will be held at 7:30 pm at the Council Chamber, 10/F HKAM Jockey Club Building, 99 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong.  A formal EGM notice will be circulated to Fellows in May.

HKAM Medico-Legal Seminar Series 2006 - Laws that doctors may find useful to know  

The Academy organised a medico-legal seminar in April 2005 and was well received by many Fellows.  This year, the Academy has again invited partners of Johnson Stokes & Master to deliver a seminar series on medico-legal issues.  Details of the seminar series to be held in April 2006 can be found in the Registration Form.

Registration is limited and on a first-come-first-served basis.  Interested Fellows please complete the Form and return it to the Academy on or before 25 March 2006. 

2006 Annual Subscriptions

Fellows are reminded that their 2006 Annual Subscriptions are due on 1 January 2006.  Fellows should receive a demand note from either the Academy or their College.  Please be reminded that it is Council’s policy that subscriptions received by the Academy after 30 June  will be subject to a surcharge of 5% on the subscription amount.  Please settle your subscription as soon as possible.

Breast Imaging Course “Finding Breast Cancer in Early Stages - Detection, Diagnosis and Implication for Management”  

Presented by Mammography Education, Inc., in association with the Hong Kong College of Radiologists