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BMH had for many years kindly
extended its assistance to the Hong Kong Government,
but of course not without a hefty compensation.
I sympathise with the difficulties faced by BMH because the hospital is old and not designed for public use. It is therefore conveniently located next to the overcrowded Queen Elizabeth Hospital. [Sir, I will come to the point. With the defence cost agreements still under discussion I respectfully request for your consideration, Sir, in your negotiation
lenited Kingdom with the Government that the BMH should be pulled down and replaced by a women's and children's annex for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. For women and children to be cared for in such an annex has three advantages. Firstly,
the vacated beds in Queen Elizabeth Hospital proper can then alleviate the over crowded general, medical,
17 surgical and orthopaedic beds. Secondly, the more
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shared with the annex. Last but not least, the children in Kowloon can at last be catered for in a hospital annex 22 of their own, like their counterparts in Hong Kong at
the new Queen Mary Hospital annex. A small new hospital or a renovated one in the New Territories should be more
convenient for the British Forces, when any specialist treatment becomes necessary, referral can be made to the 27 vast resources at the public hospitals as the case
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30 Sir, before I close I would like to add that Government will
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be spending $300 million this year to look after handicapped adults, most of whom are without a job. A study revealed that many of them are willing and with a bit of help in training, transport and adaptation of equipment, able to work for a living. Top priority should be given to funds made available for the development of large scale
plan, and