WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1986
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ANAESTHETISTS ADEQUATE FOR EMERGENCY CASES
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THE SUPPLY OF ANAESTHETISTS IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS IS ADEQUATE TO MEET EMERGENCY SURGICAL CASES, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HO KAM-FAI, MR CHAMBERS SAID ANAESTHETIST SERVICES WERE PROVIDED IN ALL MAJOR PUBLIC HOSPITALS ON A 24-HOUR BASIS AND URGENT CASES WERE GIVEN PRIORITY.
+THERE ARE AT PRESENT 92 ANAESTHETISTS IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND ANOTHER 50 IN SUBVENTED HOSPITALS, HE SAID.
+ THE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE 101 AND 57 RESPECTIVELY THIS MEANS THAT VACANCIES REPRESENT NINE PER CENT OF ESTABLISHMENT IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND 12 PER CENT IN SUBVENTED HOSPITALS.+
BEST POSSIBLE USE MADE OF LAND UNDER FLYOVERS
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THE BEST POSSIBLE USE IS MADE OF THE LAND UNDER FLYOVERS, THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON LEE YU-TA! MR BARNES SAID ALTHOUGH MUCH OF THE LAND UNDER FLYOVERS IN MORE DISTANT PLACES HAD NO PARTICULAR VALUE GOVERNMENT ALWAYS CONSIDERED HOW BEST THEY MIGHT BE USED.
+SITES UNDER FLYOVERS IN THE DENSER URBAN AREAS MAY BE PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR COMMUNITY USES AND I CAN VIRTUALLY GUARANTEE THAT THE USER OF EACH AND EVERY ONE HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF BOTH GOVERNMENT CONSIDERATION AND A DISTRICT BOARD DISCUSSION, MR BARNES SAID.
BUT THE STRUCTURES OF FLYOVERS WERE VULNERABLE TO FIRE AND SO USES WHICH MIGHT GIVE RISE TO FIRES OR OTHER ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE WERE NOT NORMALLY ALLOWED.
+AGAIN, MANY FLYOVERS ARE SURROUNDED BY CONGESTED ROADS, AND USES WHICH WOULD ATTRACT PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS DANGEROUSLY OR WHICH WOULD GIVE RISE TO TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ARE ALSO
DISCOURAGED, HE SAID.
/WITHIN THESE