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VISION AND HEARING SCREENING SERVICES IN SCHOOLS AND CHILD
ASSESSMENT SERVICES WILL ALSO BE IMPROVED.
ACTIVITIES IN HEALTH EDUCATION WILL ALSO BE STEPPED UP DURING
THE COMING FIVE YEARS. A CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN 1978 AND
THREE REGIONAL HEALTH EDUCATION CENTRES WILL BE SET UP IN THE
VARIOUS DISTRICTS BETWEEN 1978 AND 1982.
LASTLY, IN THE AREA OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES, A U.K. EXPERT IS CURRENTLY IN HONG KONG PROVIDING ADVICE FOR THE
ORGANISATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR WORKERS.-
QUESTION 2
THE POSITION ON HOSPITAL BEDS IS AS FOLLOWS:-
YEAR
NO OF HOSPITAL BEDS AVAILABLE
1974
17,645
1975
18,056
1976
19,004
1977
19,063
1978
20,003
1979
20,083
1980.
21,508
1981
21.608
QUESTION 3
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THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG IS CONTAINED IN A WHITE PAPER ENTITLED 'THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN HONG KONG' WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN 1974. THE WHITE PAPER ENVISAGED THAT THREE MAJOR
HOSPITALS WILL BE COMPLETED, THE FIRST IN 1980 (1,300 BEDS), THE SECOND IN 1982/83 (1,200 BEDS) AND THE THIRD IN 1983/84 (1,200 BEDS). WHEN COMPLETED, THESE PROJECTS, TOGETHER WITH OTHER MINOR
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/ IMPROVEMENTS,