PR 33
H
香港政府
GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUPPLEMENT
Monday, January 24, 1977
MACLEHOSE DENTAL CENTRE
The following is the full text of the Governor's speech
at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the MacLehose Dental
Centre today:
"It gives me great pleasure to be with you on this occasion
to lay this foundation atone.
"In 12 months' time a nine storey dental centre will be
standing on this site. In it dental nurses and dental hygenists
will be trained so that they may staff a dental conservation service
for primary school children.
"The first intake will be in 1978 and the scheme will start
in 1980. The Centre itself will house a dental nurses' training
school, a dental clinic for school children as well as the Government
Dental Service Head Office and several dental surgeries.
"The construction of this dental centre is a first stage.
As the Dental Conservation Service gets into its stride a further
four school dental clinics will be constructed, two in Kowloon end
two in the New Territories. However, this programme cannot be
implemented without the necessary number of trained dental nurses
and hygenists, hence the importance of the building whose construction
we are celebrating today.
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