FRIDAY, JANUARY 21,1977
GOVERNOR TO LAY FOUNDATION STONE OF MACLEHOSE DENTAL CENTRE
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL LAY ON MONDAY. (JANUARY 24) THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE MACLEHOSE DENTAL CENTRE, WHICH WILL BECOME THE NERVE CENTRE OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S DENTAL SERVICE.
THE SEVEN-STOREY COMPLEX ON MORRISON HILL WILL HOUSE A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR DENTAL NURSES AND A SCHOOL CHILDREN DENTAL CLINIC, BOTH OF WHICH WILL BE NAMED AFTER SIR SHIU KIN TANG, WHO HAS DONATED $1.5 MILLION TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION COST.
THE CENTRE WILL ALSO HOUSE THE HEAD OFFICE AND DENTAL SURGERIES OF THE GOVERNMENT DENTAL SERVICE, PRESENTLY ACCOMMODATED IN THE WAN CHAI DENTAL CLINIC AT KENNEDY ROAD.
THE CAPITAL COST OF THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED AT $7 MILL FON WITH AN ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION TO EQUIP AND FURNISH. RECURRENT COST
INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT WILL BE IN THE REGION OF $5 MILLION PER ANNUM.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DENTAL NURSES TRAINING SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC WILL MARK THE FIRST STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT OF A SCHEME PROPOSED IN THE MEDICAL WHITE PAPER TO PROVIDE A BASIC DENTAL CONSERVATION SERVICE FOR CHILDREN AT THE PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL. IN THE FINAL STAGE, IT IS ENVISAGED THAT A FURTHER FOUR SCHOOL DENTAL CLINICS WILL BE REQUIRED TO COVER THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SUBSTRUCTURE OF THE DENTAL CENTRE BEGAN IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR AND THE WHOLE BUILDING IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 1978.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY WHICH WILL COMMENCE AT 3.15 P.M. ON MONDAY (JANUARY 24). THE SITE OF THE CENTRE IS ADJACENT TO THE TANG CHI NGONG SPECIALIST CLINIC IN QUEEN'S ROAD EAST.