1 The ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (hereinaf-ter refered to as the Party A) and the National Health Administ-ration of the Republic of China (hereinafter refered to as theParty 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 1399 H corresponding to the sixth of April 1979 have agreedas follows:Ⅰ Subject1 In view of the traditional intimate friendship and in the s-pirit of complete and mutual understanding, the Party B und-ertakes to delegate a mission of hospital personnel (herein-after called "the Mission") to support the operation of thetwo new hospitals at Jeddah and Hofufsuch services not to beextended to other hospitals and clinics except in emergenci-es under the "Five New Government General Hospitals Project"of the Kingdom. The recruited members of the Mission shall be well qualified and of fine character. 2 The Mission shall include, but not limited to, medical doct-ors (including short-term consultant), paramedical and main-tenance personnel. In addition, the administrative staff, m-edical assistants and other hospital personnel will be sentupon the request of Party A. 3 Notwithstanding the terms of the contracts signed between t-he members of the Mission and the Party A, either Party sha-ll have the right to replace any member of the Mission by m-utual agreement. Ⅱevaluation & recognition of qualification 1 Medical doctors a To be recognized as a specialist, the physician has to com-plete a residency in the special field in an approved teac-hing hospital for not less than 4 years. b the pay scale for the specialist will follow the of M.B.,B.S. +Ph.D. in medicine (Serial No. 4 "Pay Scale for Doctors and Dentists") c the pay scale for the nonspecialist will follow the of M.B., B.S. (Serial No. 1 of "Pay scale for Doctors and Dentists") d The residents who completed their four-years residency tra-ining programs at the hospitals of both countries should bepromoted to be a specialist attending doctor depending on their convincing medical technical performance, consequent-ly, the payroll should be readjusted accordingly. 2 Para-medical personnel Their qualification will be recognized according to the cer-tification. Ⅲ Working hours1 Seven hours a day for administrators plus two additional ho-urs as overtime, if needed: i.e. 07:30 A.M. to 13:30 P.M. 16:30 P.M. to 19:30 P.M. Saturday through Wednesday and from 07:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. on Thursday. 2 Nine hours a day for doctors: i.e. 07:30 A.M. to 13:30 P.M. 16:30 P.M. to 19:30 P.M. Saturday through Wednesday and from 07:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. on Thursday. 3 Working hours for the nurses and paramedical personnel shallbe the same as those of administrators. 4 Working hours for nurses may be arranged in two shifts. Ⅳ Administrative expenses1 The Party A shall provide the Party B with a lump sum of se-ven hundred thousand SR 700,000,00 every year at the beginn-ing each year as administrative expenses. 2 The Party A shall also pay the salaries of Mission leader a-nd 2 assistants appointed by the Party B for managing the a-ffairs of the Medical Cooperation Program and assisting theParty A to set up administrative system for each department.The salaries of the assistants shall be fixed according to the pay scale of paramedical personnel and the salary of th-e Mission Leader shall be negotiated on contract basis. 3 The salary and preparation allowance should be paid withintwo months and one week respectively after arrival of all m-embers. Otherwise, a special fund shall be allocated as a l-oan for temporary needs of the new members. Ⅴ Board and House1 the Party A shall provide cooks and facilities for ChineseCooking in the hospitals and dormitories for members of theMission. 2 Cooked meals shall be offered to nurses thrice a day. 3 Cooked meals shall also be offered to paramedical personnelonduty as follows: a Lunch for those on dayduty. b Supper for those on duty in the evenings. c Breakfast for those on night duty. Ⅵ Termination of the program1 This memorandum may be reviewed or amended every year if ei-ther of the two parties deems it necessary and by mutual ag-reement. 2 Either Party shall notify the other Party in writing of itsdesire to terminate the program. Such notice shall be giventwelve months prior to the date of termination. 3 This memorandum is considered valid as from 1st December 1980. (Signed)Chin-Mau WangDirector-GeneralNational Health AdministrationRepublic of China(Signed) Hussein A, GezairyMinister of HealthKingdom of Saudi Arabia