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G u e s t s o f f i c i a t i n g at t h e o p e n i n g c e r e m o n y i n c l u d e d D r . E . K . Y e o h , S e c r e t a ry f o r H e a l t h a n d We l f a r e, M r . C h a u C h a m Son, d e p u t y c h a i r man of t he H o n g K o n g J o c k e y C l u b , a n d P r o f . A r t h u r K . C . L i , v i c e - c h a n c e l l or of t h e U n i v e r s i t y. Hong Kong Enuresis Research and Information Centre T h e F a c u l t y o f M e d i c i n e h a s e s t a b l i s h ed t h e H o n g K o n g E n u r e s is R e s e a r c h a n d I n f o r m a t i o n C e n t r e ( H K E R I C ) t o p r o m o t e p u b l i c u n d e r s t a n d i n g of b e d w e t t i ng a n d t o h e l p h e a l t h p r o f e s s i o n a ls i m p r o v e t h e i r assessment a n d t r e a t me n t of t he disease. A c c o r d i n g to a s u r v ey b y the D i v i s i on of Pa e d i a t r ic Surgery, o v er 9 0 p er cent of t he p a t i e n ts c an be c u r ed c omp l e t e ly b y t r e a t me n t b a s ed o n a d e t a i l ed assessmen t o f e a c h a f f e c t ed i n d i v i d u a l . S u c h a n a p p r o a c h t o h e l p i n g b e d w e t t e r s i s r e l a t i v e ly recen t a n d m a n y sufferers h a ve h a d n o access to it u n t i l n o w . The H K E R I C w i l l p r omo t e s u ch t r e a t me nt to h e lp t h em solve t h e ir b e d w e t t i n g p r o b l em. T h e services of t he H K E R I C i n c l u de a t e l e p h o ne h o t l i n e, f ax a n d letter a d v i c e, h o m e p a g e a n d e - m a i l f o r p r o f e s s i o n al a d v i c e , a n d r e g u l a r s e m i n a rs f o r t h e p u b l ic a n d h e a l th professionals. Department of Nursing Renamed Nethersole School of Nursing T h e U n i v e r s i t y ' s D e p a r t m e n t o f N u r s i n g w a s r e n a m e d t h e N e t h e r s o le S c h o o l o f N u r s i n g at a d e d i c a t i o n c e r emo n y h e l d o n 14th De c emb er 2001 i n t he Esther Lee B u i l d i n g o n c amp u s. Ms. Betty Yu, principal of th e Nethersole School of Nursing, passes a lamp to Prof. Sydney Chung, dean of the Faculty of Medicine, signifying the continuation of the spirit of the Nethersole School of Nursing. T h e o r i g i n a l N e t h e r s o le S c h o o l o f N u r s i n g of t he U n i t e d C h r i s t i a n M e d i c a l Service w a s the first hospital-based nurse- t r a i n i n g s c h o ol i n H o n g K o n g , a n d h a d s e r v e d t he l o c al c o m m u n i t y f o r o v e r a century. W i t h th e i n t r o d u c t i on of n u r s i ng e d u c a t i on at t he t e r t i a ry l e v el i n H o n g K o n g d u r i n g the 1990s , the A l i ce H o M i u L i n g Ne t h e r s o le H o s p i t a l c o n s i d e r ed t he h i s t o r i c al t a sk of h o s p i t a l - b a s ed n u r s e t r a i n i n g schools c omp l e t e d, a n d r e s o l v ed to transfer t he n a m e of its n u r s i ng s c h o o l t o t h e D e p a r t m e n t of N u r s i n g at T h e Chinese U n i v e r s i ty o f H o n g K o n g, so tha t its c u l t u re of ' c omp a s s i o n a te care' m a y c o n t i n u e . T h e C U H K D e p a r t m e nt of N u r s i n g has, over th e last decade, p r o v i d ed q u a l i t y n u r s i n g e d u c a t i on w h i c h i s v i t a l t o t he a d v a n c e m e nt of t he p r o f e s s i on i n H o n g K o n g . B e a r i n g a n e w n a m e , i t w i l l c o n t i n ue to u p h o l d its m i s s i on o f ' s e r v i ng t h e c o m m u n i t y t h r o u g h q u a l i t y e d u - 6|