1 The Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (hereinaf-ter referred to as Party A) and the Department of Health, Execu-tive Yuan, of the Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as Party B). Recognizing the friendly relations existing between the two cou-ntries and their respective peoples. Being desirous of developing medical cooperation, and implement-ing the arrangements of the Memorandum signed on the ninth of J-amad Awwal 1399 H corresponding to the sixth day of April, 1979.Have agreed as follows: Ⅰ Objectives 1 In view of the traditional intimate friendship and in the s-pirit of complete and mutual understanding, Party B underta-kes to delegate a mission of Hospital personnel (hereinaftercalled the ”Mission”) to support the operation of the two King Fahd General Hospitals at Jeddah and Hofuf. Such servi-ces are not to be extended to other hospitals, clinics or d-ispensaries, except in emergencies, of the Kingdom. 2 The main functions of the Mission shall be to provide medic-al services of high quality to the people of Saudi Arabia, and to conduct teaching programs to train young Saudi docto-rs. Ⅱ Mission Staff 1 The Mission shall include, but not limited to, medical doct-ors (including short-term consultants), Paramedical and mai-ntenance personnel. In addition, the administrative staff, medical assistants and other hospital personnel shall be se-nt with the agreement and approval of Party A. The recruitedmembers of the Mission shall be well qualified and of fine character. 2 There shall be one Mission Leader and two assistants appoin-ted by Party B for managing the affairs of the Medical Coop-eration Program. Salaries of these three persons shall be p-aid by Party A. 3 Each of the two hospitals requires a minimum number of staffof each category to function satisfactorily. A list contain-ing the minimum required number of staff for each hospital by category is attached. Party A shall see to it that suffi-cient job numbers be secured and provided to maintain these minimum numbers at any time. 4 Notwithstanding the terms of the contracts signed between t-he members of the Mission and Party A, either Party shall r-etain the right to replace any member of the Mission by mut-ual agreement. 5 The first contract of each individual member of the Missionshall be for two years. This contract may be renewed each y-ear by mutual agreement of both Parties. Ⅲ Program Management 1 Party A shall expedite supplies of needed medicines, equipm-ent and spare parts of the hospitals. 2 Party B shall, in addition to the short-term consultants, s-upply at least 50 doctor specialists by end of July 1985 ac-cording to the following schedule: -July 198335 -July 198440-45 -July 198550 3 For the training of young saudi doctors, a teaching programproposal shall be drawn up jointly by both parties for furt-her discussion. 4 To prepare the Mission staff before departure to minimize a-ny difficulties in language and culture differences, Party Bshall provide adequate preservice training programs to the Mission members prior to their departure for the Kingdom. C-ost thus incurred shall be paid from the Administrative Exp-enses. Ⅳ Salaries and Allowances 1 Salaries for all categories of the Mission members shall bereviewed by both parties every two years. 2 Admininistrators and medical assistants shall be paid accor-ding to their education and experience based on the Pay-sca-le for Nonskilled Labours of the Kingdom. Ⅴ Administrative Expenses Party A shall provide Party B with a lump sum of SR 1,000,000at the beginning of the year as administrative expenses. Thismoney shall be solely handled by the Sino-Saudi Medical Coop-eration Committee established by Party B. Ⅵ Termination of Program 1 This Memorandum may be reviewed or amended every two yearsby mutual agreement if either party deems it necessary. 2 Either party shall notify the other party in writing of itsdesire to terminate the program. Such notice shall be given twelve months prior to the date of termination. 3 This memorandum is considered valid as from 1st January, 1983. (Signed) Tzu-Chiu Hsu Director-General Department of Health Executive Yuan Republic of China (Signed) Ghazi Algosaibi Acting Minister of Health Kingdom of Saudi Arabia MINIMUM REQUIRED NUMBER OF STAFF FOR BOTH KING FAHAD HOSPITALS, HOFUF AND JEDDAH. Category King Fahad King Fahad Hospital Hofuf Hospital Jeddali Nurses575 630 X-Ray Technicians1631 LAB Technicians2537 Engineers7665 Administrators 2020 Med. Assistants 100 100