Learning curve: HK policy on foreign doctors needs urgent treatment

I need to declare a vested interest. Our son is a doctor.

In fact he is the kind of doctor Hong Kong needs. As a clinician-scientist, he is committed both to his patients and to contributing to the growing body of medical research.

Although he has studied in Hong Kong from kindergarten through to his A-levels, poor long-term projection and planning regarding needs of the community disadvantaged passionate students like him. Fierce competition for few available places required him to seek a medical education outside Hong Kong, despite excellent A- level results.

I question rules that preclude doctors like him, Hong Kong residents, from returning to their home and families. I question why they are disadvantaged by prohibitory licensing exams while they read about government concerns to reunite families from across the border.

I question why his classmates who studied banking and law and some who did very little, are able to make a life in a place that is their home, while he cannot.

In fact I have a lot of questions.