cardio 3....bilumen, and theres a smaller one for paeds...exp but consider it as an investment...they say good docs dont need uber steth to make Dx....but med students should get better steth so that u can hear the faint sounds that u might miss if ur using a chapalang 1....they say once u hear it u'll never forget...so its better to get a good one....hear everything!

yup, that's true. hk is relatively much more affordable. plus the pool of applicants for hku medic is generally very small compared to that of uk (although admittedly, they are very stingy on the intake). but malaysians have the upperhand as there are a lot of Canto-speaking Msians around and they do favour that in admission. So whilst you get people from US, Asia and all over applying to UK medical schools, there aren't as many applying to HK, mostly deterred by the Canto part and the low intake. anyway, i'm just saying that it's worth a try esp since the non-locals they've taken in so far are mostly malaysians. so basically, chances are, you'll end up just having to compete with ur fellow malaysian buddies for a place. almost like IPTA minus the bumi quota.