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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1988
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THE WINNER, FIRST AND SECOND RUNNERS-UP OF THE BACH RECEIVE CASH CHEQUES OF HK$1,000, $500 RESPECTIVELY.
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RESULTS OF THE CONTEST WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN MID-MARCH.
ENTRY FORMS ARE AVAILABLE AT QUEENSWAY JAYCEES, ALL DISTRICT OFFICES AND SUB-OFFICES, SCHOOLS, YOUTH CENTRES AND SING TAO CENTRES AT CENTRAL, MONG KOK AND KWUN TONG. ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON 5-438913.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID AN EXHIBITION AND AN OPEN FORUM ON PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG ABUSE WOULD ALSO BE HELD BETWEEN LATE-APRIL AND EARLY-MAY UNDER THE JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN THE ACAN AND QUEENSWAY JAYCEES.
WINNING ENTRIES WOULD BE DISPLAYED AT THE EXHIBITION, HE ADDED.
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MEDICAL STAFF AWARDED LONG SERVICE CERTIFICATES
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A TOTAL OF 130 STAFF MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING DOCTORS, NURSES, PARA-MEDICAL STAFF, WORKERS, DRIVERS, WARD ATTENDANTS, AMAHS AND DARKROOM TECHNICIANS, WERE PRESENTED WITH LONG SERVICE MERIT CERTIFICATES TODAY (MONDAY).
UNDER THE LONG SERVICE MERIT CERTIFICATE SCHEME, STAFF WITH SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE WITHIN THE PAST 30 YEARS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE AWARD. LAST YEAR, 101 STAFF MEMBERS RECEIVED THE CERTIFICATES.
TODAY WERE
TO MARK THE OCCASION, A PRESENTATION CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL ASSEMBLY HALL WHERE CERTIFICATES PRESENTED TO THE STAFF BY THE DIRECTOR, DR K.L. THONG, AND OTHER DIRECTORATE STAFF.
PRAISING THE RECIPIENTS,
DR THONG SAID THE DEPARTMENT HAD ACHIEVED REMARKABLE RESULTS IN IMPROVING AND EXPANDING THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN HONG KONG,
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BEDS IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS HAD INCREASED
FROM 9,181 IN 1977 TO 12,739 IN 1987, HE SAID.
"PEOPLE HERE ARE ENJOYING GOOD HEALTH IN GENERAL, WHICH IS COMPARABLE TO WORLD STANDARDS AS REFLECTED BY THE HEALTH INDEX OF THE COMMUNITY, DR THONG SAID.
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