Bulletin Summer‧Autumn 1992

How to put much of the good work that has been done on Chinese traditional medicine on a sound footing and make it applicable to patient treatment remain major challenges. The initiatives on a quality assurance programme started by Prof. Teik Oh, the immediate past dean, w ill be continued and further developed. In this day and age of total quality management and under the changing management style of the Hospital Authority, such activities w ill ensure top quality service in our teaching hospital. The faculty w ill cooperate fully with the Hospital Authority in its difficult task of restructuring the old government bureaucracy into a more effi cient and effective management structure for patient care in the future. It is vital that we work together for the good of Hong Kong people. Through extensive contacts overseas and continuing research, we shall certainly keep ourselves abreast of new medical developments and contribute our share to the advancement of medical knowledge. We are a young faculty, united and energetic. We shall stride forward in confidence. Major Events in the History of the Faculty 1974 G overnm ent legislature approved the es tablishment of a new medical school in The Chinese University of Hong Kong, noting that ‘… the UPGC considered that considerable advant age could be derived from the existence of two medical schools of comparable size, and that each would be large enough to be efficient and to stimulate and complement each other.' It noted, too, that 'a hospital was proposed for Shatin, which could be designed as a teaching hospital from the outset ， by adapting the plans for the Princess Margaret Hospital, which the UPGC considered could be achieved without fundamental re-drawing .' 1976 The University appointed a Medical Academic Advisory Comm ittee 'to determ ine in con sultation with the University (a) an outline medical curriculum, (b) the translation of that curriculum into building requirements for sub mission to the UPGC; to advise on the choice of senior staff; and to be represented on the appointment committees for senior staff.' 1977 Full-time dean of Faculty of Medicine appointed. 1981 A dm ission of firs t batch of 60 students. Completion and occupation of the Choh-Ming Li Basic Medical Sciences Building. 1983 Clinical teaching began at the United Christian Hospital, with some classes being conducted on the main campus of the University and at the Kowloon Hospital. 1984 Opening of Phase I buildings of the Prince of Wales Hospital on 1st May 1984. Main part of clinical teaching moved into the Prince of Wales Hospital. 1986 Graduation of the first batch of medical students with M.B. Ch.B. degrees. Conferment of the first Doctor of Medicine degree. 1987 A ccreditation visit of the General Medical Council. Approval was given by the Council for full and provisional registration of interns. 1989 Introduction of courses for the Intercalated Degree Programme in Medical Sciences. 1990 Establishment of the Office of Postgraduate Medical Education. University approved the formation of the Hong Kong Cancer Institute. 1991 Introduction of the Post-registration Degree Programme in Nursing. 1992 A professional Bachelor of Pharmacy Pro gramme introduced in September 1992. -7