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FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1982
ON THE WAN CHAI RECLAMATION, NEW HEADQUARTERS FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES WERE UNDERWAY, TOGETHER WITH HIGH RISE GOVERNMENT OFFICE BLOCKS, A MULTI-STOREY CARPARK, A NEW DISTRICT COURT AND MAGISTRACY" AS WELL AS A SERIES OF URBAN COUNCIL RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL PROJECTS.
THESE PROJECTS WOULD NOT ONLY RELIEVE THE PRESSURE FOR SUCH FACILITIES IN THE MORE INTENSIVELY DEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL/ COMMERCIAL AREAS OF WAN CHAI, BUT ALSO TRANSFORM THE WAN CHAI RECLAMATION INTO A VERY HIGH CLASS COMMERCIAL AND RECREATION AREA, MR COOPER SAID.
+ INDEED, WHEN YOU CONSIDER ITS CONVENIENT LOCATION, THIS AREA, WHEN FULLY DEVELOPED, WILL BE ONE OF THE SHOW CASE PRECINCTS OF HONG KONG,+ HÉ SAID.
SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE GROWING FAST ****
THE ENROLMENT OF CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE SCHEME IS EXPECTED TO REACH 270 000 BY THE END OF THIS FINANCIAL YEAR, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE BOARD SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
AT PRESENT, ABOUT 244 800 PUPILS ARE ENROLLED IN THE SCHEME, AN INCREASE OF 18 PER CENT COMPARED WITH 207 500 A YEAR AGO.
+IN EACH OF THE PAST THREE YEARS SINCE THE SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED, THERE HAS BEEN STEADY IMPROVEMENTS AND THE BOARD EXPECTS THIS TO CONTINUE IN THE COMING YEAR, LEADING TO THE ENROLMENT BY MARCH 1983 OF ONE PUPIL IN EVERY THREE OF THOSE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
ABOUT 820 000 PUPILS ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE VOLUNTARY SCHEME, WHICH IS RECEIVING GROWING SUPPORT FROM SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WHOSE ROLE IN PROMOTING INTEREST AMONG PARENTS AND PUPILS IS VITAL TO GREATER PARTICIPATION, HE ADDED.
THE SCHEME, IS HEAVILY SUBSIDISED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND 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.
ABOUT 200 PRIVATE DOCTORS ARE TAKING PART IN THE SCHEME AND EACH RECEIVES $55 A YEAR FOR EVERY PUPIL ALLOCATED TO HIM.
THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE SCHEME IN THE PAST FINANCIAL YEAR AMOUNTED TO NEARLY $:12 MILLION.
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