MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1980
SIR MURRAY TO VISIT GUANGDONG
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THE GOVERNOR SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL VISIT GUANGDONG FROM OCTOBER 19 TO 21. HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG, AND THE POLITICAL ADVISER, DR DAVID WILSON,
IN GUANGZHOU, SIR MURRAY WILL HOLD DISCUSSIONS ON THE PROBLEM OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND ON DEVELOPING ECONOMIC RELATIONS.
GUANGDONG TRADE DELEGATION ENDS WEEK-LONG VISIT ******
THE ECONOMIC AND TRADE DELEGATION FROM GUANGDONG RETURNED TO GUANGZHOU TODAY AFTER A WEEK'S VISIT AT THE INVITATION OF SIR Y.K. KAN.
WHILE IN HONG KONG THE DELEGATION, LED BY MR FENG XUEYAN, DIRECTOR OF THE GUANGDONG FOREIGN TRADE BUREAU, HELD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF BUSINESS ORGANISATIONS. THEY ALSO VISITED FACTORIES, EXHIBITIONS, INDUSTRIAL ESTATES AND A MARKET.
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THERE HAD BEEN A USEFUL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS, AND AS A RESULT OF THE VISIT, FIRM CONTACTS HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH GUANGDONG OFFICIALS.
CHILD HEALTH CENTRES PLANNED FOR KWUN TONG
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL SET UP THREE MORE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES IN KWUN TONG IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO BOOST FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE IN THE DISTRICT.
THE NEW FACILITIES, TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT NGAU TAU KOK, LAM TIN AND CHA KWO LING, WILL SUPPLEMENT THE SERVICE PROVIDED AT THE EXISTING CENTRES IN KWUN TONG AND YAU TONG.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS WERE DISCLOSED BY DR PATRICK WONG, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES AT THE OPENING OF THE HEALTHY NEW GENERATION+ EXHIBITION THIS AFTERNOON.
DR WONG POINTED OUT THAT THERE HAD BEEN GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN, WITH THE INFANT MORTALITY RATE DROPPING DRASTICALLY FROM 73.6 TO 13.3 PER 1 000 LIVE BIRTHS IN THE LAST 25 YEARS.
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