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THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1988
NEW SCHOOL OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING OPENS
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NEW
SCHOOL A
NEW HOSPITAL IN THE
OF PSYCHIATRIC
NURSING AT THE CASTLE PEAK TODAY (THURSDAY) OFFICIALLY
WAS TERRITORIES, OPENED BY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG.
ΤΟ REPLACE THE OLD A TRAINING CAPACITY OF THE OLD
THE NEW SCHOOL PREMISES IS PURPOSE-BUILT SCHOOL WITH BETTER AND MODERN TRAINING FACILITIES. IT HAS CAPACITY OF 430 WHICH IS 80 PER CENT UP ON THE SCHOOL.
SCHOOL BUILDING WAS MORE BY THE ROYAL HONG
THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE THAN $11 MILLION OF WHICH $2 MILLION WAS DONATED KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
OFFICIATING AT THE OPENING
CEREMONY THIS MORNING, DR THONG MARKED ANOTHER MILESTONE SAID THAT THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW SCHOOL IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.
HE SAID THE CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL SCHOOL OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING,
HONG KONG, WAS ESTABLISHED IN WHICH WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN DECEMBER, 1959.
PSYCHIATRIC
IT HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PRODUCING LOCAL
ABOUT 900 REGISTERED AND NURSES FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE, AND 450 ENROLLED NURSES HAVE BEEN TRAINED SINCE ITS OPENING.
FOR
SERVICES FOR MORE DOCTORS
IN A SOCIETY WHERE
ENCOURAGEMENT
DR THONG POINTED OUT THAT MENTAL HEALTH ARE ALWAYS IN DEMAND, AND NURSES WORKING IN THE FIELD IS MOST NECESSARY.
INSTRUMENTAL
HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE NEW SCHOOL WILL BE ONLY IN INCREASING THE QUANTITY BUT ALSO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF FUTURE PSYCHIATRIC NURSES IN HONG KONG.
NOT THE
CS VISITS KWAI CHUNG FACTORIES
THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED HIMSELF WITH TWO ELECTRONICS FACTORIES IN KWAI CHUNG TO FAMILIARISE THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN HONG KONG'S ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR K.
MITA INDUSTRIAL CO DAVID FIRST VISITED
(HONG KONG) RECEIVED BY ITS SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR M. NAKAO.
Y. YEUNG, SIR AND WAS
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