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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1981
SIR PHILIP VISITS NEW PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, THIS (THURSDAY; AFTERNOON VISITED THE NEWLY-OPENED KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL, WHICH IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS IN THE WORLD.
THIS WAS HIS SECOND VISIT IN A MONTH TO MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HE HAD EARLIER VISITED THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL.
SIR PHILIP WAS ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, DR S.F. LAM AND THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, MR ERIC HO.
HE WAS MET ON ARRIVAL BY DR C.Y. SAM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (NEW TERRITORIES REGION), DR W.H. LO, CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST AND DR P.S. SHUM, MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT OF KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL.
SIR PHILIP WAS SHOWN AROUND THE WARDS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY UNIT AND THE PATIENT'S SOCIAL CENTRE AND WAS IMPRESSED BY THE +OPEN DOOR ATMOSPHERE IN THE HOSPITAL.
THE 1 336-BED KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL, EQUIPPED WITH ADVANCED AND SOPHISTICATED TECHNOLOGY, WILL BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY MID-1982, THUS REDUCING OVERCROWDING AT THE EXISTING CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL.
LATER ON IN THE AFTERNOON, THE CHIEF SECRETARY VISITED THE CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE, ONE OF THE LARGEST GOVERNMENT-SUBVENTED HOSPITALS IN HONG KONG.
SOME TRAM SERVICES TO BE CURTAILED SATURDAY
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A NUMBER OF TRAM SERVICES WILL BE CURTAILED ON SATURDAY (DECEMBER 19) TO FACILITATE THE CONNECTION AND REALIGNMENT OF NEW TRAM TRACKS IN KING'S ROAD BETWEEN HEALTHY STREET WEST AND HEALTHY STREET CENTRAL.
ON THAT EVENING, THE LAST TRAM FROM HAPPY VALLEY TO SHAU KEI WAN WILL BE AT 10.24 PM, FROM SHAU KE! WAN TO HAPPY VALLEY AT 10.26 PM, FROM WESTERN MARKET TO SHAU KEI WAN AT 10.31 PM AND FROM SHAU KEI WAN TO WESTERN MARKET AT 11.14 PM.
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