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SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1962
MRS CHAN ANNOUNCED THAT WITH EFFECT FROM THIS MONTH, THE CENTRE WAS BEING RUN WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF A RECURRENT SUBVENTION FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE SAILORS' AND SOLDIERS' HOME
MRS CHAN SAID THE YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AND COMMITMENT TO THE TRUE CHRISTIAN SPIRIT OF CARE AND CONCERN FOR OTHERS HAD HELPED TO ESTABLISH THE HOME AS A POSITIVE PRESENCE IN WAN CHAI.
IT WAS MOST GRATIFYING, SHE SAID, THAT THE HOVE WAS +LOOKING TO THE FUTURE AND TO THE ROLE IT WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY IN PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY OF WHICH IT HAS BEEN A PART FOR SO LONG.+
SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE SCHEME GETTING POPULAR
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THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE SCHEME IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY POPULAR EACH YEAR AS EVIDENCED BY THE RISING RATE OF ENROLMENT, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE BOARD SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).
ALMOST 230 COO PUPILS ARE NOW PARTICIPATING IN THE SCHEME, COMPARED WITH 192 000 A YEAR AGO, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 19 PER CENT.
THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE STEADY INCREASE IN ENROLMENT OVER THE YEARS IS DUE TO A GREATER AWARENESS AMONG SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND PARENTS OF THE BENEFIT OF REGULAR MEDICAL ATTENTION TO CHILDREN.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE SCHEME, WHICH IS VOLUNTARY AND HEAVILY SUBSIDISED BY THE GOVERNMENT, IS DESIGNED TO MAKE AVAILABLE MEDICAL CONSULTATION AND TREATMENT TO STUDENTS FROM PRIMARY ONE TO FORM THREE AT A PRICE EVERY PARENT CAN AFFORD.
UNDER THE SCHEME, A PUPIL IS REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE ONLY $5 PER YEAR FOR WHICH HE MAY GET FREE MEDICAL CONSULTATION FROM A PRIVATE PRACTITIONER FROM THE DATE OF ENROLMENT.
AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 200 PRIVATE DOCTORS TAKING PART IN THE SCHEME, EACH RECEIVING $55 PER YEAR FOR EVERY PUPIL ALLOCATED TO HIM.
IN THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR, THE GOVERNMENT'S SUBSIDY AMOUNTED TO $6 MILLION, AND IN VIEW OF THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENT PARTICIPANTS AND THE AMOUNT OF GOVERNMENT'S CONTRIBUTION, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE SUBSIDY WOULD EXCEED $11 MILLION THIS YEAR, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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