• Examination Dates: Wednesday, 30 July 2008 & Thursday, 31 July 2008
• Examination fee: HK$7,511.00
• Application Closing Date: 5:00 pm on 23 May 2008
• Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
• Notice on Joint MRCP(UK)/HKCPIE Part II (Written) Examination July 2008
• Notice to Candidates Changes to Closing Dates for MRCP(UK) Examinations

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow has invited the Hong Kong College of Physicians to jointly organise a cancer care meeting in Hong Kong in May 2008.

The meeting is named 'The William and Elizabeth Davies Foundation Trust International Meeting, Hong Kong', and will be held on 10th-11th May 2008 (Sat-Sun) at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine Building.

The theme of the meeting is "Pushing the Boundaries in Multidisciplinary Cancer Care". The programme will include two plenary lectures on molecular diagnostics and molecular therapeutics respectively in 'Oncology in Clinical Practice'. There will be plenary sessions on early diagnosis/screening, advances in surgical oncology, adjuvant therapy, treatment in advanced disease for prevalent cancers in Hong Kong (colorectal, lung, breast, liver, and lymphoma), advances in endoscopic and minimally invasive techniques, and palliative care. There will also be posters sessions with prize awards.

In addition, there will be a "FRCPSGlasg Fellowship Admission and Signing of the Roll" Ceremony on the evening of 10th May 2008 conducted by the President of the RCPSGlasg, followed by a Gala Dinner at the Academy of Medicine Hall.

Please mark in your diary these important dates.

• Photos at the Annual General Meeting held on October 2007

11 July 2007

At its 172^nd Meeting of 9 February 2006, the Council decided that if the number of applications for the captioned examination exceeds 75, which is the quota set for sitting the PACES examination, the College will draw lot to decide the final candidates’ list. Chairman of the Examination Committee or President of the College or his representative will monitor the drawing lot procedures. Candidates who cannot take part in that examination will be allowed to take part in the subsequent PACES examination automatically. This new measure will take effect from October 2006 PACES onwards.

Prof Raymond Liang
Chairman
Examination Committee

• A Five Year Retrospective Study of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in Social Hygiene Service
• A Longitudinal Study of Peritoneal Transport in Patients on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis - Experience in a Single Center
• Crohn's Disease Local Retrospective and Future Prospective
• Darier's Disease (Keratosis Follicularis) A local survey, study of life impact, mutation analysis of the ATP2A2 gene and review
• E-Cardherin and Gastric Cancer
• Granuloma annulare- review of cases in the Social Hygiene Service and a case-control study of its association with diabetes mellitus
• Hypophosphatemia after Kidney Transplantation
• Somatostatin in the prevention of post ERCP Pancreatitis
• Use of Mycophenplate Mofetil in Renal Transplantation