WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1986
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REMUNERATION OF DB MEMBERS BEING REVIEWED
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THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOW REVIEWING THE REMUNERATION OF DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND THE RESULTS WOULD BE KNOWN SHORTLY.
SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY FOR YAN CHAI HOSPITAL'S FOURTH PHASE EXPANSION PROGRAMME. SIR DAVID SAID HE HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE SENIOR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, MISS LYDIA DUNN, CONCERNING DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS' REMUNERATION.
ASKED WHETHER THE ARGUMENTS IN THE LETTER WERE SOUND, HE SAID: +I THINK THEY NEED LOOKING AT VERY CAREFULLY. AND I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE REMUNERATIONS OF THE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, URBAN COUNCIL MEMBERS AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.+
HE SAID THERE WAS A NEED TO GET THESE RELATIONSHIPS RIGHT, BEARING IN MIND THE DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES OF THESE THREE TIERS OF GOVERNMENT.
ASKED ABOUT THE BROADCASTING REVIEW BOARD REPORT, SIR DAVID SAID THERE WOULD BE A STATEMENT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN THE AFTERNOON.
YAN CHAI CLOSER TO DISTRICT HOSPITAL STATUS
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THE YAN CHAI HOSPITAL WILL BECOME A FULLY SIZED DISTRICT HOSPITAL WITH 700 BEDS AND A COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF SUPPORTING FACILITIES ON COMPLETION OF THE HOSPITAL'S FINAL PHASE OF EXTENSION IN 1990,
THIS WAS STATED BY THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THE HOSPITAL'S PHASE FOUR EXTENSION PROJECT THIS (WEDNESDAY) MORNING.
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, SIR DAVID SAID, YAN CHAI HAD LIVED UP TO THE DEMAND FROM THE GROWING POPULATION IN THE WEST NEW TERRITORIES REGION WHICH HAD INCREASED FIVEFOLD BETWEEN 1962 AND 1986.
+ THE LAYING OF THIS FOUNDATION STONE MARKS AN IMPORTANT OCCASION IN YAN CHAI'S EXPANSION PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED IN 1977, + HE STRESSED.
/EIR DAVID