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TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1988
GOVERNOR GIVES ASSURANCE ON HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE GREAT CARE TO ENSURE THAT THE VIEWS AND CONCERNS OF SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS ARE ADEQUATELY REPRESENTED ON THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY THROUGH THE SELECTION OF MEMBERS WITH APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT A LUNCH GIVEN BY THE ASSOCIATION OF PAST CHAIRMEN OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, SIR DAVID SAID THE PLANNING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY WAS STILL
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"THERE ARE MANY ISSUES ON WHICH THE ADVICE OF THE PROVISIONAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY WILL NEED TO BE SOUGHT, HE SAID.
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SIR DAVID SAID HE COULD UNDERSTAND THAT SOME MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECT WHICH THE FSTABLISHMENT OF THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY MIGHT HAVE ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP.
"THE GOVERNMENT HAS HAD A LONG-STANDING GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH TUNG WAH AND WILL, AS ALWAYS, CONTINUE TO GIVE THE SUPPORT WHICH TUNG WAH NEEDS," HE SAID.
SIR DAVID SAID FROM AN ORGANISATION WITH THE TRADITIONAL OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING FREE MEDICAL SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY, THE TUNG WAR GROUP HAD DIVERSIFIED ITS ACTIVITIES TO LOOK AFTER THE NFEDS OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND THE ELDERLY AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICES.
"SUCCESSIVE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF THE DECADES HAVE PUT GREAT EFFORTS INTO THIS EXPANSION,
GROUP IN THE PAST
HE SAID.
IT HAD BEEN A PRAISEWORTHY EFFORT AND THE TUNG WAH GROUP HAD EARNED THE RESPECT OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.
'I AM SURE THAT THE TUNG WAH GROUP WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUCCESSFUL. IN 1TS ENDEAVOURS AND WILL PROVIDE MORE AND BETTER SERVICES TO MEET THE GROWING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY," SIR DAVID ADDED.
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