Hong Kong’s third medical school hires 300 teachers, expects to raise intake to 200

Hong Kong’s third medical school has recruited about 300 teachers and expects its annual student intake to eventually rise from 50 to more than 200, its dean has revealed.Professor King Li King-chuen, founding dean of medicine at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, also said on Saturday that the medical school had identified a teaching hospital for internships and clinical training, with details expected to be announced within weeks.Li, who assumed the role at the new medical school last month, said the teaching faculty of about 300 consisted of retired professors and doctors from the city’s other two medical schools and the Hospital Authority, as well as recruits from overseas. Only one professor was hired from a local medical school, he added.