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(6) MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
A
J
B
Governor's Speech: (pp 12-14)
a
a
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first intake of Chinese University Medical School in 1981;
"unregisterable" doctors to be licensed after examination;
first intake of dental nurses for training at Morrison Hill Dental Centre in September 1978;
start of School Dental Conservation Service by 1981; first intake at Hong Kong University Dental School in 1980;
f further progress on regionalization, community nursing,
drug treatment and population control.
Overlap:
a a 1,300-bed hospital open in 1980;
a 1,200-bed hospital open in 1982/3; a 1,200-bed hospital open in 1983/4 plus a number of supporting clinics.
Planning Paper:
C
D
Comment:
A
On B(a) the Planning Paper suggests the 1,300-bed hospital might be open a year earlier.
(7) SOCIAL WELFARE
A
B
Governor's Speech:
(pp 15-16)
Overlap:
8.
an amended, more comprehensive and specific social welfare programme to be ready by the end of 1977 and implemented in 1978;
b inclusion in 1977/8 in public assistance scheme of
able-bodied persons aged 15-55 (safeguards:
(i residence qualification;
a
(ii)
(iii)
a defined period of unemployment;
services to assist applicant to find work (iv) arrangements to check abuse.
increase number of days on which sickness benefit is paid (from 24 to 36) and allowance up from to 2/3 of pay;
four extra compulsory rest days by,1977 (from 48 to 52).
Planning Paper:
с
D
Comment:
ExCo has advised on B(b)(i) that the period should be 3 years. long mong appears to favour two months for