SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1974
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BY ALTERNATE WEEK ROTATION, THE TEAM CALLS ON THE VILLAGES IN SAI KUNG AND OTHER PARTS OF THE N.T. ON SATURDAYS.
THE FLYING DOCTOR TEAM IS SERVING A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 2,000 PEOPLE, OVER 600 OF THE WERE TREATED DURING THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THIS YEAR. "THE DOCTOR TREATED A TOTAL OF 1.531 VILLAGERS LAST YEAR.
PATIENTS ARE USUALLY TREATED BY THE DOCTOR ON THE SPOT, THE MAJOR COMPLAINTS BEING UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION, SKIN AND EYE DISEASES, AND GASTRO-INTESTINAL DISTRUBANCES. IN EMERGENCY CASES PATIENTS ARE FLOUN TO EITHER THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL OR THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
ALL TYPES OF IMMUNISATION, INCLUDING ANTI-NEASLES, SMALLPOX, DIPHTHERIA, CHOLERA AND POLIOMYELITIS VACCINATIONS, ARE OFFERED TO THE VILLAGERS.
CATERING FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE SPRAULING RURAL AREAS, THE FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE, TOGETHER WITH THE FLOATING CLINIC SERVICE, HAVE NOW ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES AS AN INVALUABLE PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN HONG KONG.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
COPIES OF A PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING A MEDICAL TEAM AT A SAI KUNG VILLAGE RECENTLY ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION AT THE G.I.S. PRESS ROOM, 6TH FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE.
KOWLOON LABOUR TRIBUAL BEGINS ON TUESDAY
KOWLOON'S FIRST LABOUR TRIBUNAL WILL COME INTO OPERATION ON TUESDAY (JULY 2).
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THIS TRIBUNAL IS SET UP FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS ON THE KOWLOON PENINSULA.
IT IS SITUATED IN A SINGLE-STOREY BUILDING AT WHITFIELD. BARRACKS, JUST INSIDE FROM THE JUNCTION OF AUSTIN ROAD AND NATHAN ROAD. THE TELEPHONE NUMBER IS K-691514.
THIS KOWLOON TRIBUNAL IS THE THIRD LABOUR TRIBUNAL TO BE ESTABLISHED IN HONG KONG WITH THE OBJECT OF PROVIDING A QUICK, INEXPENSIVE AND INFORMAL METHOD OF SETTLING MONETARY DISPUTES BETWEEN WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS. THE FIRST TWO ARE BOTH LOCATED ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
THE NEW TRIBUNAL WILL SERVE MOST PARTS OF KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, BUT THE EXISTING ONE ON THE ISLAND, LOCATED AT PERMANENT COMFORT' BUILDING IN CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL, WILL CONTINUE TO ACCEPT CLAIMS FROM LAI CHI KOK, SHAM SHU PO, TAI KOK TSUI, MONGKOK, YAU MA TEI AND TSIM SHA TSUI AREAS FROM KOULOON AS WELL AS FROM HONG KONG ISLAND.