Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has been chosen to run town’s third medical school, the Post has discovered, ending an eight-month race amongst three main tertiary establishments.
A source stated on Tuesday that HKUST had received the race after a bunch of specialists assessed proposals submitted in March by the establishment, Baptist University and Polytechnic University.
Secretary for Health Lo Chung-mau and schooling minister Christine Choi Yuk-lin will meet the press within the afternoon to replace on the most recent progress in establishing the brand new medical school.
In his coverage deal with final yr, metropolis chief John Lee Ka-chiu stated the third medical school was anticipated to make use of “innovative strategic positioning” that would complement the present two, operated by the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
The new school also needs to assist deal with a persistent manpower crunch within the sector by growing the variety of docs and supporting town’s objective of turning into a world hub for well being and medical innovation.
The group of specialists tasked with analyzing the proposals included well being and schooling ministers, in addition to ex-CUHK president Professor Joseph Sung Jao-yiu, Medical Council chairwoman Professor Grace Tang Wai-king and former HKU president Professor Tsui Lap-chee.