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+1 AM IMPRESSED BY THE GOOD TEAM WORK UNDERTAKEN BY THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND THE SUPPORT GIVEN TO THIS EXERCISE BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, SIR PHILIP SAID.
THE CLEARANCE WILL ALSO ENABLE THE NING PO COLLEGE TO CARRY OUT ITS PLANNED SCHOOL EXTENSION WHICH HAD BEEN DELAYED PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF SQUATTERS.
ACCOMPANYING THE CHIEF SECRETARY WERE THE DEPUTY REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR ALBERT LAM, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK, CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE, MR CHEUNG SHEK-FU, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE POLICE, HOUSING AND LANDS DEPARTMENTS.
CHIEF SECRETARY VISITS NGAU TAU KOK JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED THE NGAU TAU KOK JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC, AND SAW HOW VARIOUS MEDICAL SERVICES WERE RENDERED TO RESIDENTS IN THE FAST DEVELOPING EAST KOWLOON AREA,
SINCE IT WAS OPENED IN JANUARY 1982, THE CLINIC HAS PROVIDED VALUABLE SERVICES TO THE 250 000 RESIDENTS OF THE FIVE ELECTORAL CONSTITUENCIES OF PING SHEK AND KAI YIP, NGAU TAU KOK EAST AND WEST, TING ON AND KWUN TONG TOWN AND INDUSTRIAL AREA.
THE SEVEN-STOREY CLINIC, WITH A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF 4 000 SQUARE METRES, WAS BUILT AT A COST OF $11.5 MILLION, OF WHICH $8.5 MILLION WAS DONATED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB WITH THE REMAINING $3 MILLION FINANCED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
THE CLINIC PROVIDES A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES INCLUDING A GENERAL OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT, WHICH AT PRESENT TREATS ABOUT 320 PATIENTS A DAY.
OTHER SERVICES INCLUDE FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE, A MATERNITY WARD, A GERIATRIC DAY HOSPITAL, A PSYCHIATRIC DAY HOSPITAL AND COMMUNITY NURSING SERVICE.
A PILOT PROJECT OFFERING HEALTH EDUCATION TO THE PUBLIC IS ALSO BEING CONDUCTED AT THE CLINIC WHERE SLIDE SHOWS ARE MOUNTED IN THE WAITING AREA OF THE OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT.
SIR PHILIP WAS VERY MUCH IMPRESSED BY THE FAMILY HEALTH CENTRE WHICH PROVIDES ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL CARE FOR PREGNANT WOMEN, FAMILY PLANNING ADVICE, INFANT AND TODDLER SESSIONS AND DEVELOPMENT SCREENING OF INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE OBSERVATION SCHEME.
IN ADDITION, THE FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE HAS A 24-BED MATERNITY UNIT ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE CLINIC, WHICH IS WELL USED WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY BIRTH OF ABOUT 30.
/THE CHIEF