WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1982
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EVENING OUT-PATIENT CLINICS
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THE GOVERNMENT IS SATISFIED THAT THE NEED FOR EVENING OUT- PATIENT CLINICS HAS BEEN ADEQUATELY MET BY EXISTING PROVISION OF THE SERVICES, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR THE HON S.F. LAM, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR HENRY WU, HE SAID THAT IN 1981 THERE WERE 717 482 ATTENDANCES AT 15 EVENING OUT-PATIENT CLINICS, REPRESENT ING AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 40 000 OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
DR LAM EXPLAINED THAT THE BASIC ROLE OF THE EVENING CLINICS IS TO COMPLEMENT THE DAY-TIME OUT-PATIENT CLINIC SERVICE.
ONE OF THE BASIC OBJECTIVES OF THE OUT-PATIENT SERVICE IS THAT IT SERVES AS A SURVEILLANCE MECHANISM FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF EPIDEMICS OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.
THE SECOND OBJECTIVE, HE WENT ON, IS TO IDENTIFY THE MORE SERIOUS CASES FOR REFERRAL TO SPECIALIST CLINICS FOR CONSULTATIONS, INVESTIGATIONS AND TREATMENT, INCLUDING HOSPITALISATION. OUT- PATIENT SERVICES ALSO ENABLE PATIENTS WITH AILMENTS THAT ARE TREATABLE ON AN AMBULATORY BASIS TO BE TREATED, HE ADDED.
+MY DEPARTMENT IS KEEPING THE SITUATION UNDER CONSTANT REVIEW AND WILL PROVIDE THE SERVICES IN THOSE AREAS WHERE A NEED IS IDENTIFIED,+ DR LAM SAID.
PLANS TO IMPROVE MANNING SCALE OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS
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PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN MADE TO IMPROVE THE MANNING SCALES OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR TO MATCH THE IMPROVEMENTS ALREADY APPROVED FOR ORDINARY SCHOOLS, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HON COLVYN HAYE, SAID AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.
MR HAYE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HARRY FANG WHO ASKED ABOUT PLANS BY THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE THE MANNING SCALE FOR SPECIAL SCHOOLS.
HE SAID THESE PROPOSALS INCLUDED A BETTER TEACHER-TO-CLASS RAT10, ADDITIONAL TEACHERS FOR LANGUAGE CLASSES, MORE SENIOR TEACHER POSTS, PROMOTION POSTS FOR HEADS OF SCHOOLS WITH LARGE NUMBER OF CLASSES, AND ALLOWANCES FOR HEADS OF OTHER SCHOOLS WITH FEWER CLASSES.
+ IT IS THOUGHT THAT THESE PROPOSALS, WHICH INCIDENTALLY WERE BLESSED RECENTLY BY THE REHABILITATION DEVELOPMENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY DR FANG, IF APPROVED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THIS COUNCIL, WILL INDUCE MANY TEACHERS TO JOIN OR REMAIN IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS, MR HAYE NOTED.
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