WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1982
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SIR SHIU-KIN PLEDGES $5 MILLION TOWARDS
GOVERNMENT MEDICAL PROJECT
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LOCAL PHILANTHROPIST SIR SHIU-KIN TANG HAS PLEDGED TO DONATE $5 MILLION TOWARDS A GOVERNMENT MEDICAL PROJECT TO MARK HIS 81ST BIRTHDAY TOMORROW.
THE MONEY WILL BE USED AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST FOR EXPANDING THE TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL AT MORRISON HILL.
SIR SHIU-KIN HAS, OVER THE YEARS, DONATED MORE THAN $8 MILLION TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF MANY MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE TANG CHI NGONG SPECIALIST CLINIC AND THE MACLEHOSE DENTAL CENTRE.
TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL WAS BUILT IN 1969 WITH A $2 MILLION DONATION FROM SIR SHIU-KIN, WHICH WAS EQUIVALENT TO 50 PER CENT OF THE BUILDING COST. SINCE THEN THE HOSPITAL HAS BEEN PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE CASUALTY SERVICE TO RESIDENTS IN THE EASTERN PART OF HONG KONG ISLAND.
THE CASUALTY DEPARTMENT HAS A COMPLEMENT OF 80 BEDS, AN OPERATING THEATRE, X-RAY AND OTHER FACILITIES.
THE WORKLOAD OF THE HOSPITAL HAS INCREASED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE YEARS AS REFLECTED BY THE INCREASING NUMBER OF CASUALTY CASES HANDLED. IN 1981 THE HOSPITAL DEALT WITH NEARLY 120 000 CASES, ALMOST THREE TIMES MORE THAN IN THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION.
TO MEET THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR CASUALTY AND OTHER SERVICES ON THE EASTERN PART OF HONG KONG, THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS INCLUDED IN ITS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AN EXTENSION OF THE HOSPITAL.
THE PLAN ENVISAGES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WING TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 3 000 SQUARE METRES OF FLOOR SPACE TO ACCOMMODATE MORE BEDS, OPERATING THEATRE FACILITIES, NEW X-RAY FACILITIES, PHYSIOTHERAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY DEPARTMENTS AND A PATHOLOGICAL LABORATORY.
THE NEW WING WILL ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATION FOR DOCTORS AND NURSES AND MINOR STAFF.
THE TOTAL BUILDING COST OF THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED, AT CURRENT DAY PRICES, TO BE IN THE REGION OF $25 MILLION AND IS SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION BY 1984/85.
IN ADDITION, SIR SHIU-KIN HAS ALSO DONATED $1 MILLION TO BAPTIST COLLEGE AND 50 000 HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK SHARES AND 50 000 HONG KONG LAND SHARES TO PO LEUNG KUK SO THAT THE ACCRUING INTERESTS EVERY YEAR FROM THESE SHARES COULD BE USED FOR THE WELFARE OF THE ORGANISATION.
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