WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1984
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BUT HE ADDED THAT IT WAS ANTICIPATED ALL REQUESTS FOR BLOOD COMPONENTS WOULD BE MET AFTER THE HONG KONG RED CROSS BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE HAD TAKEN OVER THE IR PRODUCTION.
DR KHOO WAS REPLYING TO QUESTIONS FROM DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP.
AT PRESENT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL AND THE SAI YING PUN INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING THESE BLOOD COMPONENTS,
DR KHOO SAID FROM OCTOBER 1984, THE SERVICE WOULD BE TRANSFERRED IN PHASES TO THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE WHERE THE PRODUCTION WILL BE CENTRALISED.
THE BLOOD BANKS AT QUEEN MARY, QUEEN ELIZABETH AND PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITALS ARE OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY SO THAT BLOOD COMPONENTS CAN BE ISSUED TO THE THREE TYPES OF HOSPITALS UPON REQUEST EVEN DURING NON-OFFICE HOURS, HE SAID.
DOCTORS CAN ALSO CALL ON THESE HOSPITALS FOR THE BLOOD PRODUCTS IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES, HE ADDED.
+AFTER THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE HAS TAKEN OVER THE MANUFACTURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF BLOOD COMPONENTS, THERE WILL BE A NIGHT CLERK AT THE BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE TO RECEIVE ANY REQUESTS AND THIS WILL FUNCTION AS A HOTLINE,+ DR KHOO SAID.
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TWENTY-THREE PRIVATE CLUBS HOLD GOVERNMENT LEASES FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES ON HONG KONG ISLAND, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, THE HON IAN MACPHERSON, SAID TODAY.
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP, MR MACPHERSON SAID SUCH CLUBS HAVE, BY THE IR NATURE, MEMBERSHIPS WHICH ARE RESTRICTED BY FACTORS SUCH AS THE SIZE OF AVAILABLE FACILITIES, AND THE GENERAL INTEREST IN THE ACTIVITIES WHICH EACH CLUB SEEKS TO PROMOTE.
THE MAJORITY OF SUCH CLUBS, HE SAID, HOLD PRIVATE RECREATIONAL LEASES WHICH INCLUDE SPECIAL CONDITIONS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE BROADER INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO WIDEN THE USAGE OF THE CLUB GROUNDS.
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