HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 7 February 1990
香港立法局
·九九○年二月七日
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MR. McGREGOR: Sir, will the Government encourage the development of the private sector provident fund scheme set up by principal banks in Hong Kong in order to bring about the participation by the 1.5 million workers who are employed by companies too small to set up their own provident fund schemes?
CHIEF SECRETARY: Sir, that is somewhat outside the scope of the original question, but I do know that the Secretary for Monetary Affairs is still working on the question of improving and encouraging the number of people who should invest in provident schemes in the private sector.
MR. PETER WONG: Sir, in answering that the accrued liability is $120 billion, the Chief Secretary did not make it clear whether this is based on the 1986 actuarial valuation as updated, or whether it is a new valuation. Could he clarify?
CHIEF SECRETARY: Sir, it is the Government actuary's assessment when the new pension scheme was being considered in 1987.
Fanling Hospital
6. 張人龍議員問:鑑於新界北區人口增長迅速,政府可否告知本局,當局已採取何種步驟及擬 備何種計劃,以確保粉嶺醫院能為這區居民提供足夠的醫療服務?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE: Sir, in order to meet the needs of the expanding population of the North District, the facilities at Fanling Hospital have been upgraded in recent years to provide hospital services comparable to a district hospital.
Fanling Hospital has 98 beds supported by a 24-hour accident and emergency service. Other facilities include an operating theatre, X-ray, pathology, dispensary and physiotherapy. General out-patient and family health services are also provided at the hospital.
To cater for further population growth, plans are in hand to build a 1 260- bed hospital in Area 34 of Fanling/Sheung Shui District. This will be a fully- fledged general acute hospital with a comprehensive range of services supported by a specialist out-patient clinic. The target completion date is 1999.
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