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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1975.
PROVISION OF CLINICS IN HOUSING ESTATES
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THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE OFFERING VACANT PREMISES IN HOUSING ESTATES SUITABLE FOR USE AS CLINICS TO THE LOW COST CLINICS ASSOCIATION OF REGISTERED DOCTORS RATHER THAN FOLLOW A PARTICULAR RATIO FOR PROVIDING CLINICAL FACILITIES IN ESTATE AREAS.
DR. THE HON. GERALD CHOA, DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY IT WAS NOT CONSIDERED PRACTICABLE TO ADOPT A RATIO OF CLINICS TO POPULATION AS A MEASURE FOR PLANNING CLINICAL FACILITIES.
+WITH THE EXPANSION OF GOVERNMENT AND OTHER CLINIC SERVICES, IT WOULD BE MORE MEANINGFUL TO JUDGE THE ADEQUACY OF THE PROVISION OF CLINIC FACILITIES IN RELATION TO THE NEEDS OF A WIDER AREA THAN JUST A HOUSING ESTATE,+ HE SAID WHEN REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON. HILTON CHEONG-LEEN.
DR. CHOA SAID THE RATIO OF ONE MEDICAL PRACTIONER TO 6,000 RESIDENTS IN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES WAS RECOMMENDED IN 1966 BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CLINICS,
IT WAS RECOGNISED AT THAT TIME, HE SAID, THAT THIS WAS AN ARBITRARY RATIO SINCE THERE WERE NO REAL GUIDELINES ON WHICH TO BASE REQUIREMENTS.
SINCE THEN, HE ADDED, OTHER DEVELOPMENTS HAD TAKEN PLACE IN THE PROVISION OF CLINIĆ FACILITIES BY THE GOVERNMENT, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, EXEMPTED CLINICS AND PRIVATE PRACTIONERS, NECESSITATING A CHANGE IN APPROACH.
TOUGHER LAWS TO DEAL WITH SEX OFFENDERS ******
STRICTER LEGISLATION TO DEAL MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH SEX CRIMES IS TO BE INTRODUCED, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE HON. JOHN HOBLEY, SAID TODAY.
HE TOLD LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THAT DRAFTING OF A BILL WAS WELL ADVANCED AND IT WAS HOPED TO INTRODUCE IT INTO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN THE EARLY PART OF ITS NEXT SESSION.
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