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1.Signed on April 6, 1987; Entered into force retroactively on January 1, 1987.
 
The Ministry of Health of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (hereinaf-
ter referred to as First Party) and the Department of Health, t-
he Executive Yuan, of the Republic of China (hereinafter referr-
ed to as Second Party).
Recognizing the friendly relation existing between the two coun-
tries and their respective peoples, and Being desirous of devel-
oping medical cooperation, and implementing the arrangements of
the Memorandum signed on the ninth of Jamad Awal 1399H correspo-
nding to the sixth day of April, 1979, and subsequent Memoranda
Nos. 2 to 6 and the addendum thereto.
Have agreed as follows :

I OBJECTIVE
1 In view of the traditional intimate friendship and in the spi-
rt of complete and mutual understanding, the Second Party und-
ertake to delegate a mission of hospital personnel (hereinaft-
er called the "Mission ") to support the operation of the two
King Fahad General Hospitals at Jeddah and Hofuf. Such servic-
es shall not be extended to other hospitals, clinics or dispe-
nsaries of the Kingdom, except under emergency circumstances.
2 The main functions of the Mission shall be limited to provisi-
on of medical service of high quality to the people of Saudi
Arabia, and to conduct educational programs to train junior S-
audi doctors.

II MISSION STAFF
1 The mission shall inculde, but shall not be limited to, medic-
al doctors (including short-term consultant professors), para-
medical and maintenance personnel, administrative staff, medi-
cal assistants and other hospital personnel. However, nominat-
ions thereof shall be subject to the approval of the First Pa-
rty and all chosen categories shall be of high calibre and go-
od conduct.
2 The senior memeber of the Mission will be appointed as Deputy
Mission Leader in each hospital for managing the affairs of t-
he Medical cooperation program besides his usual tasks.
3 A Mission Leader shall be appointed by the Second Party with
the approval of the First Party. It is understood that the Mi-
ssion Leader will be at no cost to the First Party and that he
will not interfere with the operation of the hospitals.
The Mission Leader will be stationed in Taipei and will visit
the Kingdom when necessary to discuss with officials of the M-
inistry of Health of the Kingdom and other related officials
matters concerning the cooperation program.
4 Both hospitals require a minimum number of staff from each ca-
tegory to fuction satisfactoryily as per appendix.
The First Party shall see to it that sufficient job numbers be
secured and provided for.
5 Notwithstanding the terms of the contracts signed between the
members of the Mission and the First Party, either Party shall
have the right to replace any member of the Mission by mutual
agreement.
6 The first contract of each individual member of the Mission s-
hall be for two years. That for the specialist doctors shall
be for one year, This contract may be renewed afterward each
year by mutual agreement of both Parties.

III PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
1 For the training of junior Saudi Doctors, and educational pro-
gram proposal shall be drawn up jointly by both Parties for f-
urther discussion.
2 To prepare the Mission staff before departure to minmize any
language and culture difference difficulties, the Second Party
shall provide adequate training programs to the Mission membe-
rs prior to their departure for the Kingdom. Cost thus incurr-
ed shall be paid from the Administrative Expenses.

IV SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES
1 Salaries of the experts and technicians will be calculated ac-
cording to non--Saudi employment regulations in addition to 10
0 % increase in salary according to the regulations which had
been issued concerning this matter. Those whose salaries are
increased by 100% shall work 50 hours/week. Those whose salar-
ies are not yet increased shall work according to government
official working hours for hospitials.
2 Doctors are considered as specialists if they have completed
four years training in their area of specialty in a recognised
educational hospital.
Those will be paid as Master Degree holders with two years of
experience.
3 Administrators and medical assistants shall be paid according
to their qualifications and experience based on the pay scale
of non-skilled workers in the Kingdom.
4 SHORT-TERM CONSULTANTS
A Short-term consultants shall serve in the Kingdom upon the
request of the First Party for a period up to three months.
B Short-term consultants professors shall be paid between the
range of SR. 18,000 and SR. 20,000 per month.
C Short-term consultants shall be paid within the range of SR.
15,000 and SR. 18,000 per month.

V ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
The First Party shall pay the Second Party a lump sum of SR. (
one million) 1,000,000 at the beginning of the year as admini-
strative expenses.
This money shall be solely handled by the Sine--Saudi Medical
Cooperation Committee established by the Second Party.

VI TERMINATION OF PROGRAM
1 This Memorandum may be reviewed or amended every two years by
mutual agreement if either Party deems it necessary.
2 Either Party shall have the right to terminate the program by
a written notice to be served to the other Party. Such notice
shall be given six months prior to date of termination and pe-
rsonnel could continue until the end of their contract.
3 This Memorandum shall take effect as from lst Jamad Awal 1407
coresponding to Ist January 1987.
Faisal Alhegelan
Minister of Health
Ministry of Health
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

[Signed]
Chun-Jen Shih, M.D.
Director General
Department of Health
The Executive Yuan
Republic of China
[Signed]

MINIMUM REQUIRED
NUMBER OF STAFF FOR BOTH
KING FAHAD HOSPITALS,
HOFUF AND JEDDAH

CATEGORY HOFUF JEDDAH
Nurses 352 352
X-Ray Technician 14 14
Lab. Technician 35 35
Engineers 10 10
Enginnering Technician 53 53
Administrator 20 20
Medical Assistant 55 55
Mdeical Specialist 20 10
Pharmacist 8 8
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TOTAL 567 557