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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1983
LONG TERM MEASURES INCLUDE THE PROVISION OF ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS IN ALL NEW HOSPITALS AND TO IMPROVE THE HOSPITAL BACK-UP FACILITIES FOR EXISTING A AND E DEPARTMENTS.
THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL IN SHA TIN IS PLANNED TO OPEN IN 1984, AND THE NEW RUTTONJEE HOSPITAL SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION IN 1987 WILL BE AN ACUTE DISTRICT HOSPITAL FOR WAN CHAI, AND WILL PROVIDE BACK-UP SERVICES FOR THE TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL'S ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT.
ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS ARE ALSO PLANNED FOR THE TUEN MUN HOSPITAL IN 1987, THE EASTERN DISTRICT HOSPITAL ON THE ISLAND AND THE EAST KOWLOON HOSPITAL, BOTH OF WHICH ARE SCHEDULED FOR COMPLETION AT THE END OF THE DECADE.
POLICY IS TO ASSIST SPORTS BODIES WITH FUNDS
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THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY FOR TRAINING IN SPORTS IS TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO ASSIST AND TO ENCOURAGE THE GOVERNING SPORTS BODIES TO ORGANISE THEIR OWN TRAINING PROGRAMMES, THE SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY.
THIS POLICY WAS BASED ON THE ADVICE OF THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT WHICH IS GOVERNMENT'S PRINICPAL ADVISORY BODY ON SPORTS AND RECREATION, HE SAID.
SUPERB TRAINING FACILITIES WERE PROVIDED AT THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE AND A SCHEME OF TRANSPORT SUBSIDY HAD BEEN DEVISED TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG SPORTSMEN OF 18 AND BELOW TO UNDERTAKE TRAINING AT THE CENTRE.
FOR THIS FINANCIAL YEAR, $4.61 MILLION WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE GENERAL PROMOTION OF SPORTS, WHICH INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR TRAINING UNDER THE PROMOTION OF SPORTS VOTE, MR AKERS-JONES SAID, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON F.K. HU AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS POLICY OBJECTIVE, THE COUNCIL FOR RECREATION AND SPORT HAD RECENTLY PUT FORWARD CERTAIN PROPOSALS WHICH WOULD PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT FOR THE TRAINING OF THE REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS OF THE MAJOR SPORTS IN HONG KONG.
THESE PROPOSALS INCLUDED SUPPORT FOR YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMES IN SKILL AND FITNESS TRAINING, RESIDENTIAL TRAINING SESSIONS AT THE JUBILEE SPORTS CENTRE, AND MORE INTENSIVE PRE-COMPETITION TRAINING.
THESE PROPOSALS WERE SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND SAVINGS WOULD BE IDENTIFIED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE FROM THE PROMOTION OF SPORTS VOTE TO GO SOME WAY TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN THIS FINANCIAL YEAR, MR AKERS-JONĖS SAID.
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