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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1974
DR. CHOA SAID THAT THE THREE-YEAR HIGH STREET TRIAL SCHEME CENTRE WAS OPENED IN 1972 WITH THE OBJECT OF TREATING 1,550 ADDICTS, AND IT WAS INTENDED THAT OTHER METHADONE MAINTENANCE CENTRES WOULD NOT BE OPENED UNTIL THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY HAD BEEN ASSESSED.
+EVENTS HAVE OVERTAKEN PREVIOUS POLICY, HE COMMENTED, +AND IT IS NOW A MATTER OF URGENCY TO OPEN ADDITIONAL CENTRES WITHOUT WAITING FOR A FULL EVALUATION OF THE PILOT STUDY.
+IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, HIGH STREET WILL CONTINUE TO ACCEPT IN-PATIENT VOLUNTEERS FREE UNTIL THE TARGET FIGURE OF 1,550 PATIENTS IS REACHED. HIGH STREET WILL THEN DISCONTINUE THE
IN-PATIENT TREATMENT TO ACCORD WITH THE OUT-PATIENT-ONŁY POLICY OF THE THREE NEW CENTRES OPENING ON MONDAY, CHARGING ALSO $1 A VISIT.
+THE CHARGE RELATES TO THE NORMAL FEE FOR SERVICE IN ALL GOVERNMENT CLINICS, AND CAN ALSO BE WAIVED IN CASE OF NEED.+
DC AND I DIRECTOR TO TOUR TEXTILE FACTORIES
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NOTE TO EDITORS :
THE DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, MR. DAVID JORDAN, WILL BE VISITING TWO TEXTILES FACTORIES IN KOWLOON TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AFTERNOON.
THE VISITS ARE PART OF A CONTINUING SERIES MR. JORDAN HAS BEEN MAKING IN ORDER TO KEEP HIMSELF BETTER INFORMED OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S INDUSTRIES AND OF THE STATE OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, EXPORTS AND EMPLOYMENT.
TOMORROW'S THREE-HOUR VISIT WILL TAKE HIM FIRST TO CHUNG NAM TEXTILES LIMITED AT NO. 777 LAI CHI KOK ROAD, ARRIVING AT 2 P.M. FROM THERE MR. JORDAN WILL GO TO THE CROCODILE GARMENTS LIMITED AT NO. 79 HOI YUEN ROAD IN KWUN TONG, ARRIVING AT 3.30 P.M.
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE EVENT. THE D.C. AND I.'S PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER, MR. GERRY XAVIER, WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST PRESS REPRESENTATIVES.
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