TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1988
MEMBERS WERE ALSO BRIEFED ON THE RESULTS OF THE CAR JOURNEY TIME SURVEY CARRIED OUT BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT IN JUNE THIS YEAR TO MONITOR TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN THE URBAN AREAS OF HONG KONG AND KOWLOON.
THE PAST
THE ISLAND LINE
THE RESULTS INDICATED THAT CONGESTION INCREASED OVER FEW YEARS, AS REFLECTED IN THE DECREASING CAR SPEEDS, DESPITE INTRODUCTION OF SUCH TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AS THE MTR AND THE ISLAND EASTERN CORRIDOR STAGE II.
CS OPENS NEW BLOCK AT CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE
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THE OPENING OF THE NEW JOCKEY CLUB WAI OI BLOCK OF THE MEDICAL CENTRE IN SHAM SHUI PO MARKS THE GROWTH OF THE CENTRE COMPREHENSIVE DISTRICT HOSPITAL, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
CARITAS INTO A
FORD,
BLOCK, SIR DAVID KONG SOME 24 YEARS
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NEW NOTED THAT THE CENTRE WAS BEGUN BY CARITAS HONG AGO WITH A MODEST SCALE OF 367 BEDS.
THE CROWDED WHICH
IT WAS INTENDED PRIMARILY TO CARE FOR THE POOR OF AREA OF SO UK, AND IT EMPHASISED THE TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS, WAS THEN A DEADLY INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
INTO A DISTRICT GENERAL "THE CENTRE HAS SINCE GROWN RAPIDLY
WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES: HOSPITAL WITH OVER 1,400 BEDS, PROVIDING A
THE FROM OUT-PATIENT SERVICES TO SPECIALISED INTENSIVE CARE, AND FROM
TO THE LOK YAN SCHOOL FOR THE MENTALLY NURSING TRAINING SCHOOL HANDICAPPED.
WHICH SHOWS HOW A CHARITABLE "IT IS AN IMPRESSIVE HISTORY,
AND DIVERSIFIED INTO A PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL AGENCY HAS DEVELOPED INSTITUTION PROVIDING FULL MEDICAL AND REHABILITATION SERVICES TO DENSE POPULATION OF NORTH-WEST KOWLOON,
HE SAID.
THE
YEARS THE GOVERNMENT HAD SIR DAVID ALSO SAID THAT FOR MANY
IMPROVE MEDICAL SERVICES GIVEN SUPPORT TO CARITAS IN ITS EFFORTS TO
A SIGNIFICANT IN THE REGION, AND THE OPENING OF THE NEW BLOCK MARKED STOP FORWARD.
"THE NEW BLOCK WILL
SPACE PROVIDE
SCHOOL, STAFF QUARTERS, THE CENTRAL STERILE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OFFICES.
EXPANDED
NURSING
FOR AN
SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND
"IT WILL