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Following is a question by Dr the Hon Kwok Ka-ki and a written reply by the Secretary for Education and Manpower, Professor Arthur K C Li, in the Legislative Council today (April 18):
Question:
It is noted that after deduction of the relevant expenses and payables, the income received by the Faculties of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong ("HKU") and the Chinese University of Hong Kong ("CU") from the provision of private consultation service will be shared among the university, the departments of the faculty and the teaching staff concerned according to an established sharing arrangement. However, some teaching staff of the Faculties of Medicine have relayed to me the lack of transparency in the use of such income shared by the departments. Some of them do not even know the relevant arrangement and suspect that the income may have been misappropriated. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council whether it knows the questions in Annex I.
Reply:
Madam President,
The replies in (a) to (c) set out in Annex II are provided by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CU).
Ends/Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Issued at HKT 17:31
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