September 2000
Election of Officers
Post Nominees President Allan CHANG
Vice President (General Affairs) Joseph J.Y. SUNG Vice President (Education) Grace W.K. TANG Honorary Secretary K.W. CHU Honorary Treasurer Pamela LEUNG Editor Philip K.T. LI
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.
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.
C.H. LEONG
John LEONG
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)