THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1984
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THE BROADCASTING REVIEW BOARD WAS SET UP IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF TELEVISION AND SOUND BROADCASTING, AND TO RECOMMEND AN OVERALL POLICY FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF BROADCASTING IN HONG KONG.
IN APRIL, IT INVITED INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS WITH AN INTEREST IN BROADCASTING TO SUBMIT THEIR VIEWS IN WRITING. SOME 233 REPRESENTATIONS, TOTALLING OVER 2 000 PAGES, INCLUDING 173 FROM INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, WERE RECEIVED.
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MEDICAL SCHEME SET UP FOR ELDERLY ****
SENIOR CITIZENS LIVING IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN, AND IN KWUN TONG WILL SOON BENEFIT FROM LOW-COST PRIVATE MEDICAL TREATMENT SCHEMES RECENTLY WORKED OUT FOR THEM.
A LARGE NUMBER OF PRIVATE DOCTORS, DENTISTS, HERBALISTS, CLINICS AND HERBALIST STORES HAVE JOINED THE SCHEME, WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH SERVICES AT REDUCED CHARGES,
RESIDENTS WHO ARE 60 AND ABOVE ARE ELIGIBLE TO JOIN THE SCHEME TO BE LAUNCHED IN THE TWO DISTRICTS SOON.
THE SCHEME WILL BE LAUNCHED IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT FROM MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 WHILE THE ONE IN KWUN TONG WILL START ON JANUARY 1 NEXT YEAR.
CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHEME'S CENTRAL AND WESTERN DISTRICT BOARD WORKING GROUP, MR CHOW WAI-KEUNG SAID THAT IN SOME CASES SENIOR CITIZENS MAY EVEN OBTAIN FREE MEDICAL CONSULTATION, DEPENDING ON THE DISCRETION OF INDIVIDUAL DOCTORS.
+ABOUT 40 PRIVATE DOCTORS, DENTISTS AND HERBALISTS AS WELL AS OPERATORS OF SIX HERBAL IST STORES HAVE JOINED THE SCHEME, AND MORE THAN 2 500 SENIOR CITIZENS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED REGISTRATION CARDS, + MR CHOW SAID.
THE REGISTRATION CARDS WILL ENABLE THE ELDERLY TO BUY HERBS AND MEDICINE AT A DISCOUNT FROM THE SIX HERBALIST STORES LISTED UNDER THE SCHEME.
MR CHOW SAID THE SCHEME, JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD, THE DISTRICT OFFICE AND SEVEN ELDERLY CENTRES, WILL BE REVIEWED IN SIX MONTHS.
MISS MONA LO, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD'S +WORKING GROUP ON CONCERN FOR THE MEDICAL AND TRANSPORT SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY+ SAID THAT SO FAR 39 PRIVATE DOCTORS, 21 DENTISTS AND EIGHT CLINICS IN KWUN TONG HAD AGREED TO JOIN THE SCHEME.
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