Mary Wayeis the directorof the Laboratory for HumanGenomics, andProfessor at the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, The ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong.
In HongKong, the authorities have set up a preparatory committee on Chinesemedicine to pave the way for the licensing and registration of traditional practitioners.
Major institutes of higher education, such as the University of HongKong, the HongKong Baptist University and the Chinese University of HongKong, either have already begun or soon plan to launch bachelor-degree courses on traditional Chinesemedicine.