WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1986
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TELEPHONE APPOINTMENT FOR CLINIC PATIENTS SOON
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A TELEPHONE APPOINTMENT SYSTEM WILL BE ADOPTED AS STANDARD PRACTICE IN ALL GOVERNMENT SPECIALIST CLINICS SOON, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON JOHN CHAMBERS, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CHIU HIN-KWONG, MR CHAMBERS SAID HE AGREED THAT SUCH A SYSTEM WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT AND CONVENIENT TO PATIENTS ALTHOUGH IT WAS UNUSUAL FOR THEM TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR AS LONG AS HALF A DAY TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
HE SAID THE SYSTEM WAS ALREADY THE PRACTICE IN TWO OUT OF THE EIGHT SPECIALIST CLINICS AND THAT WITH EFFECT FROM NEXT MONTH IT WOULD BE ADOPTED IN ALL GOVERNMENT SPECIALIST CLINICS EXCEPT FOR THE SAI YING PUN JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC.
MR CHAMBERS SAID THAT BECAUSE OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF SESSIONS BEING OPERATED IN THIS CLINIC, IT WOULD TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO INTRODUCE THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS.
+IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO OPERATE A TELEPHONE APPOINTMENT SYSTEM IN THIS CLINIC IN ABOUT THREE MONTHS' TIME, HE ADDED.
TRADES REFERENCE IN OZP NOTES MAY BE DROPPED
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THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD WILL BE ASKED TO CONSIDER DELETING REFERENCE TO CERTAIN TRADES UNDER THE COLUMNS +USES ALWAYS PERMITTED+ 'AND' +USES THAT MAY BE PERMITTED ON APPLICATION TO THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD IN NOTES ATTACHED TO OUTLINE ZONING PLANS.
THE SECRETARY FOR LANDS AND WORKS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, STATED THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON POON CHI-FAI.
MR POON HAD ASKED IN VIEW OF PUBLIC COMPLAINTS ABOUT LAW AND ORDER. AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL AND NOISE PROBLEMS CREATED BY COMMERCIAL BATHHOUSES, MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENTS AND PRINTING- PUBLISHING AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES BEING OPERATED IN BUILDINGS IN COMMERCIAL-RESIDENTIAL AND RESIDENTIAL (A) ZONES, WOULD GOVERNMENT CONSIDER DELETING THE REFERENCES AS TO THE +USES+ IN THE NOTES ATTACHED TO OUTLINE ZONING PLANS.
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AIR HARNES