PR 33
H
香港政府
GIS 新聞處
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
SUPPLEMENT
Monday, May 22, 1978
SPEECH BY GOVERNOR AT
HONG KONG HEART FOUNDATION DONATION CEREMONY
The following is the full text of the speech by the Governor,
Sir Murray kacLehose at the Hong Kong Heart Foundation donation ceremony
at Government House today:
"I am delighted to receive, in my capacity as Patron of the
Hong Kong Heart Foundation, this very generous donation from Mr. Kwok
towards the cost of developing Grantham Hospital into a 600-bed cardio-
thoracic centre.
"Now that our medical services have progressively mastered
old scourges such as contagious diseases and tuberculosis, we must
redeploy our efforts to deal with the more normal threats
conditions and cancer.
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heart
"It was therefore most timely that the Hong Kong Heart
Foundation, in conjunction with the Hong Kong Anti-Tuberculosis and
Thoracic Diseases Association, has responded so readily to co-operate
with the Government in this important project. It will provide mach
needed facilities for heart surgery and for the care of patients
suffering from medical heart conditions.
"I congratulate
Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191