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51.
1991
will
be
It will see the
the integration of
Hospital Authority;
a landmark year in the health field.
establishment of the Academy of Medicine;
public and subvented hospitals into the
initiatives from the Primary
and new
Health Care Working Party. These are all investments in the
long-term health of our community.
52.
Some
of
these changes involve
а
fundamental
But if we can
re-building
of the medical and health system.
meet the challenge, we will soon see an end to camp-beds, to
long queues at clinics
and to many other unsatisfactory
features of our present system. By the year 2000, there
will be accessible, district-based hospitals run efficiently
and cost-effectively
by the Hospital
international
standards
of
specialised medical
more
extensive use of
Authority;
training;
preventive health care; and a wider
choice of higher quality medical services for all the people
of Hong Kong at prices they can afford.
53.
(a) Social welfare
I
have already referred, in the context of
inflation,
to
the importance of our social security system.
The fact that benefit levels are regularly reviewed to
/maintain