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TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1989
OF
IN LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE RUN RUN SHAW BUILDING
THE SINGLE LARGEST THE HOSPITAL, SIR DAVID DESCRIBED THE PROJECT AS
HONG EXPANSION EVER UNDERTAKEN BY A MEDICAL SUBVENTED ORGANISATION IN KONG.
THE $1.1 BILLION PROJECT WILL PROVIDE AND A FULL ARRAY OF SUPPORT FACILITIES.
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NEW HOSPITAL WARDS
MORE THAN
IN
BE WILL "THIS MEANS THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BEDS
WILL IN THIS WAY INCREASE DOUBLED: FROM 640 TO 1,400. THE PROJECT SUBSTANTIALLY THE PROVISION OF HOSPITAL SERVICES FOR PEOPLE LIVING EASTERN KOWLOON, HE SAID.
SIR DAVID SAID THAT WHEN HE VISITED THE HOSPITAL LAST JUNE, CARRIED OUT WAS ABLE TO SEE FOR HIMSELF THE EXCELLENT WORK BEING THE STAFF.
HE
BY
HE ADDED THAT HE WAS IMPRESSED BY HEALTH CARE.
THE HOSPITAL'S CONCEPT
OF
WELL BEYOND THE WALLS OF "THIS EXTENDS
THE EMBRACES
TOTAL WELL-BEING OF COMMUNITY, HE SAID.
THE
THE
INDIVIDUAL
AND HOSPITAL
WITHIN THE
ITS
OF
COMMUNITY
THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT THE HOSPITAL HAD EXPANDED THE SCOPE
ITS COMMUNITY SERVICES THROUGH
NURSING
HEALTH PROJECTS AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES.
PROGRAMMES,
ON ITS
PIONEERING
ALLOW
"THE HOSPITAL IS ΤΟ BE CONGRATULATED APPROACH IN THESE MATTERS. THESE NEW ADDITIONAL FACILITIES WILL THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL TO EXPAND STILL FURTHER ITS SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF KWUN TONG, HE SAID.
PAID TRIBUTE ΤΟ SIR DAVID
ALL THOSE WHO HAD HELPED AND CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS BRINGING THE EXTENSION PROJECT TO FRUITION.
HE ESPECIALLY THANKED SIR RUN RUN FOR HIS GENEROUS DONATION THE OUTSET OF THE HOSPITAL'S FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN WHICH HAD MADE PROJECT POSSIBLE.
OF "IT IS RIGHT THAT, IN RECOGNITION
YOUR NEW BUILDING SHOULD BEAR YOUR NAME," SIR DAVID SAID.
CONTRIBUTION,
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