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The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Annual Conference GP25, entitled “Brighter future together”, has been hosted successfully in Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 14–16 November 2025. The conference programme was very rich in content and was delivered with great precision. It has been well attended by GPs/family doctors from all over Australia and beyond. I was privileged to be invited by Dr. Michael WRIGHT, President of RACGP, to participate in the President’s Keynote Discussion session on “the future of general practice” held on 16 November, joining Dr. Michael WRIGHT himself, Dr. Karen FLEGG, Immediate Past President of WONCA, and Dr. Sarah COOK, President of the College of Family Physicians of Canada. We introduced our local health care systems to the audience and then we discussed the various challenging issues related to the changing landscape of primary health care and the important roles of GPs/family doctors in our health care systems. It was very well attended by colleagues despite it was the last day of the conference. During the GP25 conference, Professor Cindy LAM, our Chief Censor and I also had a meeting with Dr. Tess van DUUREN,
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Censor-in-Chief of RACGP, Dr. Gary BUTLER, National Clinical Lead for Assessments of RACGP, Dr. Rebecca LOCK, National CCE Assessment Advisor of RACGP, to exchange ideas on further enhancing our collaboration on the Conjoint Fellowship Examination which is going to be the 40th Anniversary of our partnership next year in 2026.
We have the great honour to have been able to invite Professor Bob MASH, Professor, Stellenbosch University in Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa and President of WONCA Africa to be the HKCFP Visiting Professor 2025 for the University of Hong Kong. Professor MASH is an established researcher, rated with the National Research Foundation, and an international member of the USA National Academy of Medicine. He is Editor-in-Chief of the African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine. He is also the editor of regional textbooks of family medicine, the Handbook of Family Medicine and the SA Family Practice Manual. He has also edited two WONCA books, How to do Primary Care Research and International Perspectives on Primary Care Research. Professor MASH gave an open lecture to our members online on “Group Empowerment for People with Type 2 Diabetes” on 23 November 2025. The lecture was most inspiring. Thank you Professor MASH.
The forthcoming Legislative Council General Election will be held on 7 December 2025 (Sunday). As members of the medical and health care profession, it is important for us to contribute towards the ongoing development of Hong Kong, a place we call home. Please exercise your civic right and responsibility to cast your votes to help further enhance the societal health, and don’t forget to encourage your friends, relatives and colleagues to do the same on the election date - 7 December 2025 (Sunday).
The Career talk on 2026/27 Hospital Authority (HA) training programme jointly organised by the HA and the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (HKAM) was held on 22 November 2025 at HA Head Office (HAHO) building. Dr. Catherine CHONG, Chief Manager (Medical Grade), HAHO highlighted the important aspects of the central recruitment exercise, followed by Professor Clement THAM, Vice President (Education & Examination), HKAM providing details of postgraduate specialist training in Hong Kong. The HKCFP has set up a booth, manned by Dr. Heidi FUNG, Dr. Ken HO, Dr. Peter FOK, Dr. PENG Xu, Dr. Clarice TSE, Dr. LEE Yan Tung and myself to provide details and answered queries from interested interns and participants who were exploring a career in family medicine.
Last but not least, I would like to thank all our HKCFP team members who have actively participated in our ongoing promotion campaign during recent WONCA World Conference in Lisbon for our forthcoming WONCA Asia Pacific Regional Conference 2027 in Hong Kong.
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