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Participants are invited to submit abstracts for poster presentations during the Congress. Accepted abstracts will be published in the Final Programme and Abstract Book.

1. Abstracts must be submitted to the Congress Secretariat on or before 31 August 2010 “postmark”.
2. Abstracts must be submitted with the Registration Form and relevant payment (or a photocopy indicating prior successful registration). If registration fee of the presenting author is not received by 30 September 2010, the submitted paper is assumed to have been withdrawn.
3. An individual participating in the Congress may submit only one abstract and present one paper. Presenters may appear as co-authors on other abstracts.
4. Abstracts must be submitted in ENGLISH by only one of the following means. Facsimile copies will not be accepted. Abstract submission form can be downloaded from <www.tripartitecongress.org >
   

   (1)	By E-mail: please send the completed abstract submission form and abstract as attachment in MS-Word format to <tripartite@hkam.org.hk> or
   (2)	Mail the completed abstract submission form and a computer disk containing the text file in MS-Word format of the abstract to: Tripartite Congress Secretariat Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Room 808, HKAM Jockey Club Building 99 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong
   	Tel: (852) 2871 8896 / 2871 8841 Email: tripartite@hkam.org.hk	Fax: (852) 2871 8898 Web: www.tripartitecongress.org

5. Abstracts should contain work that has not been previously published.
6. Receipt of abstracts will be acknowledged within 5 working days. Notification of acceptance and rejection will be advised in written form on or before 30 September 2010.
7. The exact schedule of presentation will be communicated to the presenting author in September 2010.
8. Presenting author – the name of the abstract must be identical to the name written in the Registration Form.

All abstracts are invited for the Best Young Investigator Award. Presenting Author must be aged 40 or below as of 31 July 2010. The Scientific Committee will select the best paper presentation.

Authors should follow the style outlined below when submitting abstracts. PLEASE READ SAMPLE FORMAT BELOW.

1. Type abstract wholly within the box frame;
2. Type in 12 point size Times New Roman font, with single-line spacing in the boxes provided;
3. The title should be informative and as specific as possible. The title should be in CAPITALS and at the top of the abstract. The length of the title must not exceed 170 words;
4. Avoid using abbreviations in the title; only the title should be typed in bold;
5. Do not use full-stops / periods at the end of the title, names or institution address;
6. Type name(s) of author(s) with initials first (e.g. JKC Peterson); use sentence case but do not use any full stops / periods and do not italicise; underline the name of the presenting author (which should be identical with the name as entered on the Registration Form), even if there is only one author. The presenting author’s name should be followed by name of institution;
7. Type the details of the institution (Department, Institute, Country) on the line immediately after the author’s name;
8. The discussion abstract should be informative, including the study objectives, materials and methods, results and conclusions. Uninformative statements such as “results will be discussed” should be avoided;
9. Tables, figures and graphs are permitted, but within the space allocated and they must be of high clarity print;
10. Do not use double spaces at the end of sentences; do not add lines of space between paragraphs;
11. Define abbreviations at their first mention; spell out numbers less than 10, unless followed by units of measurement. Special or unusual abbreviations must be placed in parentheses after the first use of the first word;
12. Do not erase. Remember the abstract will appear in print exactly as you submit it. Any erasure, smudge, error or misspelling will be glaringly apparent in the published abstracts;
13. Please submit finalised version. There can be no more change after your submission;
14. Failure to comply with these requirements will lead to exclusion of the abstract from consideration.