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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1988
HE NOTED THAT THERE WERE OTHER LESS TANGIBLE BENEFITS DERIVED FROM THE COURSE SUCH AS THE WAY IT FOSTERED COMMUNICATION AND FRIENDLY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN OFFICERS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND
HELPED ΤΟ STIMULATE A GOOD TEAM SPIRIT WITHIN THE
SO ADMINISTRATION.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID THAT THE SENIOR STAFF COURSE CENTRE, FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE OF ITS ADVISORY BOARD, AND THE FINE EXAMPLE SET BY MR LEN SNEDDON, THE DIRECTOR OF STUDIES, AND HIS TEAM, HAD ESTABLISHED A FINE REPUTATION AS AN AGENT OF CHANGE, AND AS A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE.
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"I HAVE YET TO MEET ANYONE WHO DID NOT BENEFIT FROM THEIR HERE. AND THERE WILL BE MORE OF YOU IN THE YEARS TO COME SINCE IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT THE CENTRE SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED ON A PERMANENT BASIS FROM 1989 ONWARDS," THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID.
ALTOGETHER, A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 350 OFFICERS AND 30 PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPANTS HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE COURSE SINCE IT WAS SET UP FOUR YEARS AGO.
SHA TIN INFIRMARY PROJECT SHOWS COMMITMENT
THE BUILDING OF THE SHA TIN INFIRMARY AND CONVALESCENT HOSPITAL REPRESENTS A FIRM COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE FURTHER THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MR T.H. CHAU, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THE HOSPITAL, MR CHAU SAID EIGHT PROJECTS WERE IN THE PIPELINE то INCREASE THE PRESENT PROVISION OF INFIRMARY BEDS BY A FURTHER 2,400 OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS.
"ON COMPLETION OF THESE PROJECTS, THE ESTIMATED SHORTFALL IN INFIRMARY BEDS WILL BE REDUCED TO ONLY ABOUT 250 BY 1994," HE SAID.
AT PRESENT, INFIRMARY BEDS PROVIDED IN THE WONG TAI SIN INFIRMARY, THE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL AND THE CHUNG HOM KOK CHESHIRE HOME TOTAL AROUND 1,000.
MR CHAU SAID THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON THE INFIRMARY BEDS WAS TO MEET THE PROJECTED INCREASES IN CASES REQUIRING LONG-TERM CONTINUING CARE.
PROVISION OF THE NUMBER OF
/HE SAID