SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1974
SCHOOL DENTAL CARE SERVICE ANNOUNCED NEW DENTAL CENTRE IN WAN CHAI TO BE NAMED AFTER GOVERNOR
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A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR DENTAL NURSES AND A SCHOOL CHILDREN'S DENTAL CLINIC ARE TO BE ACCOMMODATED IN A NEW BUILDING IN WAN CHA1.
THE BUILDING WILL ALSO HOUSE THE PRESENT DENTAL CLINIC AND LABORATORIES IN THE WANCHAI CHEST CLINIC.
IN THE WHITE PAPER ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN HONG KONG, IT WAS STATED THAT SUCH A SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE WOULD BE STARTED WITHIN THE 10-YEAR PERIOD.
THE ENTIRE BUILDING WILL BE KNOWN AS THE MACLEHOSE DENTAL CENTRE, AND THE DENTAL NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL CHILDREN'S DENTAL CLINIC WILL BE NAMED AFTER SIR SHIU-KIN TANG, THE WELL-KNOWN PHILANTHROP IST, WHO HAS DONATED SUBSTANTIALLY TOWARDS THE BUILDING COSTS OF THESE TWO UNITS.
A SITE FOR THE PROJECT HAS BEEN RESERVED IN THE MORRISON HILL AREA OF WAN CHAI ADJACENT TO THE TANG CHI NGONG SPECIALIST CLINIC. NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE CAPITAL COST IS ESTIMATED AT $9.7 MILLION AT CURRENT PRICES.
+THE INCLUSION OF THE MACLEHOSE DENTAL CENTRE IN THE PRIORITY LIST TO BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS,+ A MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY, +IS A REFLECTION OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DETERMINATION TO IMPLEMENT THE PROPOSALS IN THE WHITE PAPER AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.+
THE CENTRE IS EXPECTED TO BE READY IN 1977 OR 1978. THE NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL WILL THEN PRODUCE ITS FIRST TRAINED DENTAL NURSES IN 1979/80, AND THE SCHOOL CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICE IS LIKELY TO FUNCTION WITH PRIMARY I PUPILS IN THE SAME YEAR.
THE CASE FOR THE SETTING UP OF THE SCHOOL DENTAL CARE SERVICE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, COULD BE SUMMARISED IN THREE BASIC POINTS:-
THERE IS EVIDENCE OF POOR DENTAL HYGIENE AMONG CHILDREN,
THE PROVISION OF ADEQUATE DENTAL TREATMENT AT AN EARLY ACE WILL HELP PROMOTE THE GENERAL STANDARD OF DENTAL HEALTH IN THE COMMUNITY,
THIS OBJECTIVE IS ASSUMED AS LIKELY TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY LATER AMONG THE ADULT WORKING POPULATION.
THE SERVICE WILL PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS, INITIALLY CHILDREN ENTERING PRIMARY SCHOOL, WITH REGULAR EXAMINATIONS AND SIMPLE CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT. FILLINGS AND EXTRACTIONS WILL BE INCLUDED BUT THE SERVICE WILL NOT BE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY TREATMENT, WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE FROM DENTISTS IN GOVERNMENT DENTAL CLINICS.
THE TREATMENT