FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1984
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+THIS SHOULD SPEED UP THE PATIENT'S RECOVERY AND EARLY RE-INTEGRATION IN THE COMMUNITY.
+DAY HOSPITALS ALSO HELP TO RELIEVE THE PRESSURE ON OUR CONVENTIONAL HOSPITALS, WHICH ARE ALREADY UNDER CONSIDERABLE STRAIN AS A RESULT OF OUR POPULATION GROWTH IN RECENT YEARS,+ HE SAID.
THIS CENTRE WOULD CONSIDERABLY INCREASE THE PRESENT 297 PSYCHIATRIC AND 80 GERIATRIC DAY HOSPITAL PLACES IN HONG KONG.
AND THERE WERE PLANS TO PROVIDE A FURTHER 305 PSYCHIATRIC AND 300 GERIATRIC DAY PLACES BY THE END OF 1993.
THE GOVERNOR PAID TRIBUTE TO THE YUNG FAMILY. HE SAID THE IMPRESSIVE CENTRE COSTING ABOUT $70 MILLION TO BUILD, HAD BEEN FUNDED ENTIRELY BY A BEQUEST OF THE LATE MADAM YUNG FUNG SHEE. +IT IS THUS PROPER THAT THE CENTRE SHOULD BE NAMED AFTER HER AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION OF HER GENEROSITY AND PUBLIC SPIRIT,+ SIR EDWARD SAID.
THE NEW HEALTH CENTRE PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SERVICES COMPRISING A PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY, FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES, CHEST AND SOCIAL HYGIENE CLINICS, RADIODIAGNOSTIC, PHYSIOTHÉRAPY AND OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY DEPARTMENTS, A REGIONAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT AND PSYCHIATRIC AND GERIATRIC DAY HOSPITALS.
ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY. THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, SAID THAT THE OPENING OF THE HEALTH CENTRE REPRESENTED ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN THE KOWLOON REGION.
+THE RAPID GROWTH OF THE HONG KONG POPULATION, PARTICULARLY IN KOWLOON REGION, HAD OVER THE YEARS IMPOSED A HEAVY STRAIN ON THE MEDICAL SERVICES, + DR THONG SAID.
+THUS, TO MEET THIS UNRELENTING POPULATION PRESSURE, IT IS NECESSARY TO CONTINUE TO UPGRADE OUR EXISTING FACILITIES AND TO DEVELOP OUR MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES AS FAR AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US.+
HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE LATE MADAM YUNG FUNG SHEE, A WELL-KNOWN PHILANTHROPIST, FOR HER GENEROSITY.
IN HIS ADDRESS, MR P.A.L. VINE, CHAIRMAN OF THE CHARTERED BANK HONG KONG TRUSTEE LTD. - THE EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF MADAM YUNG, GAVE A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF HOW THE FUNDS FOR THE CENTRE HAD BUILT UP FROM THE ORIGINAL DONATION OF ABOUT $3 MILLION TO $80 MILLION THROUGH YEARS OF PRUDENT INVESTMENTS BY THE TRUSTEES.
THE HEALTH CENTRE WAS ESTIMATED TO COST A LITTLE UNDER $70 "ILLION.
IT WAS EXPECTED THAT THERE WOULD BE A SURPLUS OF AROUND $10 MILLION WHICH WOULD BE CARRIED FORWARD TO A SIMILAR PROJECT.
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