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Wednesday, July 12, 1972
LAI CHI KOK HOSPITAL "TOPPED OUT*
A topping-out ceremony on Friday (July 14) will mark a further step
towards the completion of the multi-million dollar Lai Chi Kok Hospital in
Kowloon.
The Director of Building Development, Public Works Department,
Mr. C.R.J. Donnithorne, will officiate at the ceremony to be held on the roof
of the main hospital block at 3.30 p.m. Among the guests will be the Director
of Medical and Health Services, Dr. G.H. Choa.
The new Lai Chi Kok hospital consists of three inter-connected blocks.
One of the blocks will house a modern casualty department providing a 24-hour
emergency and accident service.
The second will be the main hospital building for both general and
special patients, together with a suite of six operating theatres
ancillary services.
The third block will accommodate an infectious diseases unit and a
geriatric unit which will be the first of its kind in Hong Kong.
When it is opened in 1974, it will provide 1,320 beds and will serve
the densely populated areas of north-west Kowloon, Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung.
Note to Editors:
You are invited to send a reporter and/or
photographer to cover the event.
Official transport will be provided. Press
representatives wishing to make use of the facility are requested to assemble at the Kowloon Transport Sub-pool, behind the Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office, not
later than 2.30 p.m. on Friday.
An officer from the Public Works Department
will be present to assist the press.
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