I
am writing this just 2 weeks after the conclusion of our 8th Annual
Scientific Meeting and Radiology 2000. Thanks to the many who worked so hard,
especially the members of the Organising Committee and our Secretariat, the
meeting and the activities had been a great success. The registration has been
record high (about 520), the number much exceeding our initial estimation. Such
an excellent turnout, of course, was most motivating to the organizers and our
sponsors. However, it also resulted in the under provision of some of the
conference items like conference bags and inserts from the sponsors. This
oversight had caused on the first day, some confusion for the Day Registrants
and I must take this opportunity to convey our apologies to them.
The
scientific program, no doubt, was highly commended. Apart from the excellent
lectures delivered by the renowned invited speakers and the very stimulating
learning exercise of the film quiz sessions, we had proffered paper sessions and
scientific exhibits of high standard with well structured design. In fact, we
are witnessing the ever improving quality and standard of our proffered papers
and posters being presented in our annual scientific meetings and published in
our journal. These represent the fruitful outcome of years of hard work from
both the supervisors/departments and many radiologists, despite a lot of
constraints deterring our academic and scientific pursuits. To cultivate interest, nurture and support for high standard
scientific projects among the profession, no doubt, is one of the main goals of
our College when she was constituted. All of us I am sure are much impressed by
this good output in such a short time. My congratulations again to our dedicated
colleagues for their achievements.
The
next few weeks will be election time, both for the Legislative Council, the
Academy and our College Council. As an Academy College, we of course hope all
changes will be for the betterment of our practice and professional development
for good quality health care. And I
am sure our members would participate in their different capacities and cast
their respective judicious choices.
Lilian
Leong
31 August 2000