TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1983
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MORE MOBILE DENTAL SERVICE IN TSUEN WAN
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ADDITIONAL LOW-COST MOBILE DENTAL SERVICE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS LATER THIS MONTH, THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS ELAINE CHUNG, SAID TODAY.
EVERY SATURDAY STARTING FROM MAY 28, A MOBILE VAN WILL BE STATIONED AT KAI CHI CLOSE, NEXT TO THE SHA TSUI ROAD PLAYGROUND, BETWEEN 9 AM AND 12 NOON AND 7 PM TO 9.30 PM TO PROVIDE DENTAL SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS.
PATIENTS WILL BE TREATED BY TWO DENTISTS ON A FIRST-COME- FIRST-SERVED BASIS AND CHARGED AT RELATIVELY LOW FEES RANGING FROM $5 FOR CONSULTATION TO $80 FOR FULL-SCALE TREATMENT.
+ IT IS EXPECTED THAT ABOUT 30 PATIENTS CAN BE TREATED IN THE MORNING AND 25 IN THE EVENING, MISS CHUNG SAID.
SHE ADDED THAT THE MOBILE SERVICE WOULD BE REVIEWED AT A LATER STAGE, AND IT MIGHT BE EXTENDED TO OTHER DAYS OF THE WEEK IF THERE WAS A NEED.
THE DENTAL SERVICE VAN, RUN BY THE PROJECT CONCERN HONG KONG AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, HAS BEEN STATIONED AT THE SHEK KE! ESTATE EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY SINCE JULY 1979.
+ THE SERVICE THERE HAS PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR AND WE HAVE DECIDED TO EXTEND IT TO THE TOWN AREA OF TSUEN WAN,
SHE SAID.
IN ORDER TO FIND A SUITABLE LOCATION FOR THE VAN, A SITE VISIT TO KAI CHI CLOSE WAS MADE THIS MORNING BY MISS CHUNG. AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PROJECT CONCERN HONG KONG, MISS LUCILLE BENETEAU.
+I CONSIDER KAI CHI CLOSE A VERY SUITABLE LOCATION,✦ SHE SAID.
IT IS A DEAD-END LANE WHERE PARKING DOES NOT OBSTRUC VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND IS IN THE HEART OF THE TOWN CENTRE WITH ONLY TWO MINUTES WALK FROM THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY STATION AND THE TOWN HALL.
IT IS ALSO NEAR THE FUK LO1 PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE, THE MAIN TAI HO ROAD THOROUGHFARE, AND NEXT TO THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE.+
MISS CHUNG ADDED THAT THERE HAD ALWAYS BEEN A SHORTAGE OF DENTAL SERVICE IN HONG KONG, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO
THE DID NOT WISH TO WAIT FOR MONTHS FOR AN APPOINTMENT GOVERNMENT DENTAL CLINICS, YET COULD NOT AFFORD EXP 1) TREATMENT BY PRIVATE DENTISTS.
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→THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE LOW-COST DENTAL SERVICE WILL DEFINITELY HELP MEET THIS GAP AND BE MOST WARMLY WELCOMED BY THE TSUEN WAN RESIDENTS, SHE SAID.
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