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SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 1985
AT THE SAME TIME, EFFECTIVE PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN EXPANDING AND IMPROVING EXISTING HOSPITAL FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE RE-ORGANISATION AND STRENGTHENING OF THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.
WITHIN THE SAME PERIOD, 16 NEW CLINICS WERE COMPLETED, HE SAID.
+FURTHER, MORE SPECIALIST TREATMENT FOR PSYCHIATRIC CASES AND ELDERLY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED, THE FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES CONSOLIDATED AND EXPANDED AND MEDICAL TREATMENT OF ADDICTION FURTHER DEVELOPED, HE SAID.
DR THONG SAID THE HOSPITAL BUILDING PROGRAMME HAD BOOSTED THE NUMBER OF HOSPITAL BEDS FROM SOME 17 000 IN 1974 TO 24 000 IN 1984.
HE ESTIMATED THAT AN ADDITIONAL 16 000 BEDS WOULD BE PROVIDED BY 1994 AT THE END OF THE PRESENT 10-YEAR PLAN.
+THESE GIGANTIC PROJECTS ARE BEING PLANNED AND EXECUTED AT A TIME WHEN MANY PLACES IN THE WORLD ARE IN FACT CUTTING DOWN ON THE IR SERVICES AND EVEN CLOSING HOSPITALS, + HE SAID.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF EDINBURGH IS ATTENDED BY MORE THAN 100 FELLOWS AND MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, INCLUDING 35 LOCAL PARTICIPANTS.
THE FORMAL COLLEGE MEETING UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE PRESIDENT, PROFESSOR RONALD GIRDWOOD, WILL BE HELD TOMORROW (MONDAY) AND THE DAY AFTER.
TAI PO DB TO MEET ON TUESDAY
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TAI PO DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE TAI PO NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AT THEIR MEETING ON TUESDAY (JANUARY 8) MORNING.
THE BRIEFING WILL BE GIVEN BY MR H.K. CHAN, CHIEF TOWN PLANNER OF THE TAI PO AND FANLING DEVELOPMENT OFFICE OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AT THE MEETING, MEMBERS WILL ALSO COMMENT ON THE ELECTRONIC ROAD PRICING PILOT SCHEME.
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY (TRANSPORT SERVICES), MR CHRIS WONG, THE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY (TRANSPORT), MR M. J. CLANCY, AND THE ERP CONSULTANT, MR J. DAWSON, WILL BE PRESENT TO EXPLAIN THE SCHEME AND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA INCLUDE THE TAI PO CENTRAL AREA TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SCHEME, REPORTS BY VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND APPLICATIONS FOR FUNDS.
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