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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1984
MAINTENANCE CHARGES IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS COVER ACCOMMODATION, DRUGS, FOOD AND ROUTINE LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS.
IN ADDITION, PATIENTS ARE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR MEDICAL CONSULTATION, OPERATIONS, TREATMENT AND SPECIAL LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS.
MAINTENANCE RATES FOR THE GENERAL WARDS REMAIN UNCHANGED.
THE MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CONSULTED AND HAS ENDORSED THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW RATES,
NEW TOWN SCHEME SEEN AS BEST ANYWHERE
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HONG KONG'S NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME STANDS UNRIVALLED ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, THE VISITING CHAIRMAN OF THE BRITISH HONG KONG PARLIAMENTARY GROUP, SIR PETER BLAKER SAID TODAY.
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SPEAKING AFTER A TOUR OF THE NEW TERRITORIES TODAY, SIR PETER SAID HE WAS MOST IMPRESSED WITH THE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEW TOWNS AND THE IMPROVEMENTS IN FACILITIES PROVIDED.
SIR PETER ALSO PRAISED THE COMMUNITY SPIRIT OF HONG KONG'S PEOPLE AND SAID HE WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK OF THE DISTRICT BOARDS.
DURING A BUSY DAY, SIR PETER AND LADY BLAKER, ACCOMPANIED BY THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR NEW TERRITORIES, MR IAN MACPHERSON, FIRST VISITED THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY STATION WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE RAILWAY'S OPERATIONS BY KCRC MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR PETER QUICK, AND THE OPERATIONS DIRECTOR, MR GORDON GRAHAM,
SIR PETER THEN TRAVELLED ON AN ELECTRIC TRAIN TO SHEUNG SHUI TO SEE THE CHOI YUEN PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE, WHERE HE CALLED AT A MUTUAL AID COMMITTEE OFFICE IN CHOI WU HOUSE AND A FAMILY THERE.
LATER, ON THE ROOF OF THE HOUSING BLOCK, SIR PETER WAS BRIEFED ON DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN FANLING NEW TOWN BY THE NORTH DISTRICT OFFICER, MR IAN WOTHERSPOON, AND THE PROJECT MANAGER OF TAI PO AND FANLING, MR ROBERT HANNA,
HE WAS TOLD THAT EXPENDITURE ON PUBLIC WORKS IN THE NEW TOWN FOR THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR WOULD AMOUNT TO $350 MILLION.
APART FROM CHOI YUEN, THREE OTHER PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES ARE NOW IN VARIOUS STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION.
THE PARTY THEN PROCEEDED TO TUEN MUN VIA YUEN LONG TO VISIT THE NEWLY COMPLETED YAN OF TONG COMMUNITY AND INDOOR SPORTS CENTRE.
SIR PETER DESCRIBED THE CENTRE AS AN EXCELLENT FEATURE OF THE NEW TOWN, PROVIDING MANY COMMUNITY AND SPORTING FACILITIES FOR YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE.
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