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The Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau, visited the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) on Sassoon Road, Pok Fu Lam, today (July 19) to get a better grasp of the latest progress of the HKUMed in enhancing healthcare teaching facilities and exchange views in person with teaching staff and students.
Accompanied by the Dean of the HKUMed, Professor Lau Chak-sing, Professor Lo and the Under Secretary for Health, Dr Libby Lee, visited the healthcare teaching facilities of the HKUMed and learned about the progress of the work projects for enhancing the relevant facilities.
Professor Lo and Dr Lee then met with undergraduates from different departments of the HKUMed to understand their learning experiences and aspirations in practicing healthcare professions in the future.
Professor Lo said, “Healthcare is an important pillar of people’s livelihood. To ensure that medical services are accessible to all people with illnesses, it is vital to secure sufficient healthcare manpower in delivering various healthcare services to meet the needs of the community. However, Hong Kong is currently facing a shortage of public healthcare manpower. As such, the Government has been vigorously taking forward various initiatives to enhance training of healthcare professionals. In tandem with the increasing number of healthcare training places, the Government also upgrades and expands the healthcare teaching facilities of the University Grants Committee-funded universities.
“Healthcare talents are important assets of the society and the training of healthcare professionals involves a huge amount of public resources. We have to examine the optimal use of our valuable resources to maximise the benefits for the public, and explore feasible options to strengthen healthcare manpower in the public healthcare system. It is my hope that students in training will not lose their faith, which led them to pursue careers as healthcare professionals, and continue to contribute to building a healthy Hong Kong.” read more
The Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) today (July 19) published the investigation report (02/2023) on the investigation into an incident involving a Bombardier Global 5000 business jet (registration mark P4-AVA) and a Boeing 737-81B passenger aircraft (registration mark B-1918) operated by China Southern Airlines at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) on November 13, 2018.
At 7.47pm on the day of incident, the aircraft landed on the then North Runway while the business jet was still on the runway approaching taxiway A7. The closest distance between the two aircraft was slightly more than 1 000 metres. Both aircraft taxied to their respective parking gates. Neither aircraft was damaged and no one was injured. The occurrence was classified as a runway incursion according to the criteria of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
The investigation concluded that the cause of the incident was that an air traffic controller issued a landing clearance to the arriving aircraft on the misperception that the preceding landing business jet had vacated the runway. A contributing factor was that the business jet took an unusually long time, which was 70 per cent above the average Runway Occupancy Time of Arrivals at HKIA, to vacate the runway. The investigation team has made one safety recommendation to the concerned business jet operator and noted that safety actions have been implemented by the Civil Aviation Department after the incident.
The investigation was conducted by a team of professional investigators in adherence to international standards of the ICAO. “The objective of the investigation was to identify the circumstances and causes of the incident with a view to preventing a recurrence,” an AAIA spokesperson said.
Throughout the investigation, all parties concerned were properly consulted on the report. The report is available for downloading at the AAIA webpage (www.tlb.gov.hk/aaia/eng/investigation_reports/index.html).
The AAIA is an independent investigation authority responsible for the investigation of civil aircraft accidents and incidents in accordance with the Hong Kong Civil Aviation (Investigation of Accidents) Regulations (Cap. 448B) and with reference to the ICAO’s standards. read more