KK
TERDAY, APRIL 15, 1974.
GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
******
THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES
IS A MAJOR CONCERN TO THE GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNOR, SIR
MURRAY MACLEHOSE SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY
OF THE POK 01 HOSPITAL AUDITORIUM, SIR MURRAY SAID THE
GOVERNMENT SUBVENTION TO THE HOSPITAL WAS THUS CHANGED
LAST YEAR FROM A DISCRETIONARY GRANT TO A COST PER BED
BASIS.
SIR MURRAY ALSO PRAISED THE ACHIEVEMENT OF POK
01 WHICH HAD GROWN FROM A SMALL RURAL CLINIC TO A
MODERN HOSPITAL WITH 162 BEDS, AND WHICH HAD EARNED
+A REPUTATION FOR PROVIDING THE WIDEST POSSIBLE RANGE
OF MEDICAL FACILITIES TO THE NEEDY AT A MINIMUM CHARGE.+
THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S
SPEECH:
+SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1919, THE POK OF HOSPITAL
HAS GROWN FROM A SMALL RURAL CLINIC TO A MODERN HOSPITAL.
WITH 162 BEDS. THIS IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT.
*THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE
NEW TERRITORIES IS OF MAJOR CONCERN TO THE GOVERNMENT
THUS THE POK OI HOSPITAL HAS BEEN SUBVENTED BY THE
GOVERNMENT SINCE 1960. THIS SUBVENTION WAS CHANGED LAST
YEAR FROM A DISCRETIONARY GRANT TO A COST PER BED
BASIS, WHICH MEANS THAT A GREATER PROPORTION OF THE
RUNNING COSTS OF THE HOSPITAL ARE NOU MET FROM PUBLIC FUNDS.
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191
/DURING THE
PRH >