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SUNDAY, MAY 15, 1983
HOWEVER, DUE TO EFFORTS MADE BY THE ASSOCIATION AND THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT OVER THE YEARS, THE DISEASE HAS BEEN BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL AND DROPPED TO THE EIGHTH PLACE IN THE TEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH.
AT THE SAME TIME, HEART DISEASES HAVE BECOME THE TOP KILLER DISEASES IN RECENT YEARS, AND THE NEED TO EXPAND SERVICES TO PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM THESE DISEASES HAS BECOME MORE APPARENT.
UPON RECOMMENDATION MADE IN 1976 BY TWO PROMINENT CHEST PHYSICIANS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE GOVERNMENT BEGAN TAKING STEPS TO CONVERT THE GRANTHAM HOSPITAL FROM A T.B. HOSPITAL INTO A CARDIO-THORACIC CENTRE.
LAST YEAR, THE $45 MILLION KWOK TAK-SENG HEART CENTRE WHICH WAS SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG HEART FOUNDATION, WAS PUT INTO OPERATION, PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED HEART SURGERIES.
THE CENTRE HAS TWO OPERATING THEATRES, A CARDIAC CATHETER ISATION LABORATORY WITH BOTH ADULT AND PAEDIATRIC INVESTIGATION FACILITIES, A MEDICAL LABORATORY AND A PULMONARY PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY.
INSTALLED WITH MODERN AND ADVANCED EQUIPMENT, THE HOSPITAL PROVIDES FACILITIES FOR OPEN AND CLOSED HEART SURGERIES AS WELL AS CARDIAC INVESTIGATORY SERVICES.
WORK STARTS ON NEXT ROUND OF ELECTIONS
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STAFF OF THE REGISTRATION AND ELECTORAL DIVISION OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT HAVE NOT WORKED THEMSELVES OUT OF A JOB NOW THAT THE URBAN COUNCIL AND DISTRICT BOARD ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED.
THEY ARE ALREADY LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF ELECTIONS AND STARTING FROM TOMORROW (MAY 16) THEY WILL MAKE ANOTHER EFFORT TO REACH THOSE ELECTORS WHOSE POLL CARDS COULD NOT BE DELIVERED BY POST FOR THE LAST ELECTIONS.
ENQUIRY LETTERS WILL BE SENT TO THESE ELECTORS, IN THE HOPE THAT THEY WOULD RESPOND THIS TIME AND CONFIRM THE IR ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER AND THEIR WISH TO REMAIN ON THE REGISTER.
THE LETTERS WILL ALSO BE SENT TO RANDOMLY-SELECTED ELECTORS, WHO HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE IR POLL CARDS, TO TEST THE OVERALL EFFICIENCY OF THE REGISTRATION PROCESS.
/A SPOKESMAN