THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1984
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HOSPITAL PROJECT ON TIME
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THE KEEN INTEREST SHOWN BY THE COMMUNITY AND THE CO-OPERATION BETWEEN VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, HAVE HELPED THE EASTERN DISTRICT HOSPITAL PROJECT TO PROCEED ON TIME, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE RIBBON-CUTTING AND GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT HOSPITAL HELD TODAY IN LOK MAN ROAD, CHAI WAN, MR WIGGHAM SAID THAT THE LARGE NUMBER OF RIBBON-CUTTERS PARTICIPATING IN THE CEREMONY WAS A REFLECTION OF THE WIDE RANGE OF ORGANISATIONS WHICH HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT.
+THE COMMUNITY HAVE TAKEN A CLOSE INTEREST IN THIS VERY SIGNIFICANT PROJECT FOR THE DISTRICT, AND INTEREST GROUPS AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD HAVE ALL CONTRIBUTED THEIR HELP IN SECURING THE SITE IN TIME FOR THE SITE FORMATION OF THE HOSPITAL,+ MR WIGGHAM ADDED.
HE ALSO PAID TRIBUTE TO THE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED FOR THEIR EFFORTS AND THE IR FLEXIBILITY IN CARRYING OUT THE PROJECT, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF THE SEVERE TIME LIMITS.
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THE 1 450-BED EASTERN DISTRICT HOSPITAL, THE FIRST FULLY- EQUIPPED GENERAL HOSPITAL IN THE DISTRICT, WILL PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SPECIALIST TREATMENT FACILITIES, PSYCHIATRY, A ROUND-THE-CLOCK ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICE, A NURSES' TRAINING SCHOOL AND A SPECIALISTS' OUTPATIENT CLINIC.
SITE FORMATION WORK ON THE HOSPITAL HAS BEGUN AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 22 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
'HK DOING GOOD HOUSING JOB'
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HONG KONG'S PUBLIC HOUSING PROGRAMME NOT ONLY IS DEVELOPING
A AT A FAST PACE, BUT ALSO HAS ATTAINED A VERY HIGH STANDARD, SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIAL SAID TODAY.
+AND THESE CAN BE SEEN FROM THIS LARGE-SCALE EXHIBITION, + SAID THE DEPUTY MAYOR OF SHENZHEN, MADAM LI CHUAN-FANG, THIS MORNING AFTER VISITING THE HOUSING AUTHORITY'S +BETTER HOMES IN ESTATES+ EXHIBITION IN THE CITY HALL.
/+I'M PARTICULARLY ...............**