and the architect. Mr. W. SZEтO, has given his professional services free as his contribution. The remainder of the cost of the construction, the equipment and the maintenance is being provided by Government,
35. A feature of Hong Kong has always been the philanthropy of her citizens. Another notable event was the inauguration of the Li Shu Fan Foundation for Medical Education and Research. This inauguration took place in March 1963 during a meeting of the Hong Kong Chapter of the American College of Chest Physicians. His Excellency the Governor performed the Inauguration Ceremony which was attended by the President of the American College of Chest Physicians and a group of eminent physicians and surgeons from that College. Modelled on the Mayo Foundation, Dr. Li Shu-fan, M.B., F.R.C.S., LL.D., has made over to the Li Shu-fan Foundation assets to the value of HK$18,000,000, the interest from which will be used to make grants for scholarships for medical and nursing undergraduate and postgraduate education, for medical research and for hospital treatment of the sick poor.
36. No report on the Medical and Health Services would be complete without an acknowledgment of the many and varied complementary activities carried out by a number of voluntary agencies. These activities range from the maintenance of large hospitals to assistance to individual patients who are handicapped by disease or disability. The major volun- tary agencies which assist the Medical and Health Department in the care, rehabilitation and social aid of the sick and handicapped are listed in Appendix S and their services are gratefully acknowledged.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES
27. Statutory responsibility for the administration of the services safeguarding the public health in Hong Kong lies jointly with the Direc- tor of Medical and Health Services, the Urban Council, the Director of Urban Services, the Commissioner of Labour and the District Commis- sioner, New Territories. Executive functions in connexion with curative medical services and a number of aspects of preventive medicine throughout Hong Kong are the responsibility of the Medical and Health Department. The Urban Council is concerned with environmental sunita- tion in the urban areas of Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, through the Urban Services Department. The Director of Urban Services has execu- Live functions as the Health Authority for certain of the townships in the New Territories and administers their environmental sanitary services. Medical Officers of Health are seconded in an advisory capacity
to the Urban Services Department and the Labour Department has an Industrial Health section staffed by personnel of the Medical and Health Department.
STAFF
28. The Director of Medical and Health Services is the Head of the Department, the chief adviser to Government on medical and health policy, and an appointed Official Member of the Legislative Council. He is a member of a number of the Boards and Committees of volun- tary organizations engaged in medical and health work whose activities receive substantial support by way of Government subventions. He is also the Chairman of the Radiation Board and of the Statutory Councils or Boards dealing with the registration and disciplinary control of Medical Practitioners. Dentists, Pharmacists. Nurses and Midwives.
29. The Deputy Director of Medical and Health Services is the chief executive medical and health officer, who co-ordinates the work of the Medical and Health Divisions, each of these divisions being in charge of an Assistant Director. The Deputy Director is also Vice-Chairman of the Urban Council and is the principal adviser to that body on environ- mental health matters. The Principal Matron is the Chief Nursing Officer and administers the Nursing Division which provides general and psy- chiatric nursing, midwifery and health visitor services. She is also a member of the Nursing Board and the Midwives Board.
30. The Health Division, which is the administrative responsibility of the Assistant Director, Health, is concerned with infectious disease control, personal health services, rural hygiene and certain ancillary services. The Medical Division is the responsibility of the Assistant Director, Medical, and is concerned with the provision of curative and specialist clinical services. Each Assistant Director is assisted by a Prin- cipal Medical and Health Officer at Headquarters, and each division is divided into units which are individually under the charge of a Specialist or of a Medical and Health Officer with special experience and training. The respective spheres of responsibility of the two Divisions are oul- lined in Appendix 2.
31. The Principal Medical and Health Officer (Planning) assisted by a Senior Hospital Secretary, is responsible for the co-ordination of all requests for accommodation and equipment for new Medical and Health Department institutions, for the processing of building plans and for the detail of the forward planning of the Department's activities. In addition,
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