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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1989
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MEMBERS' REMARKS WILL BE BORNE IN MIND: SHW
OF
DEPARTMENT EVEN AFTER THE NEW DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE
APRIL 1, NOTHING SHOULD BE HOSPITAL SERVICES COME INTO BEING ON
FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, REGARDED AS SET IN CONCRETE, THE SECRETARY THE HON T.H. CHAU, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
ON A MEDICAL AND
HE SAID THIS WHEN SPEAKING IN REPLY TO MEMBERS' COMMENTS RESOLUTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE RE-ORGANISATION OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
"THE REMARKS MADE BY MEMBERS TODAY WILL CERTAINLY BE
BORNE IN
MIND.
'IF
THAT
ADJUSTMENTS
MAY BR
LATER ON, EVEN AFTER THE HOSPITAL
INDICATE SHOULD EXPERIENCE
REASON WHY REQUIRED I SEE NO AUTHORITY HAS BEEN SET UP, THE DIVISION THE TWO SEPARATE BODIES CANNOT BE FURTHER DEFINED CHAU SAID.
OF RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN OR ADDRESSED,' MR
HE NOTED THAT THE STEPS BEING TAKEN TO RE-ORGANISE THE SERVICES HAD CREATED UNCERTAINTY AMONGST STAFF.
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MEDICAL
WHICH COULD NOT BE FULLY THIS, MR CHAU SAID, WAS A PROBLEM
HOSPITAL RESOLVED UNTIL THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PROVISIONAL
APPLICABLE AUTHORITY ON THE NEW TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE TO BE
AND ACCEPTED BY UNDER THE NEW HOSPITAL AUTHORITY HAD BEEN FINALISED STAFF.
"IN THE
INTERIM,
THE
GOVERNMENT
HAS
ASSURED
STAFF
THAT
MAY BE, THEY WILL HAVE AN
WHATEVER THE FUTURE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OPTION EITHER TO JOIN THE NEW AUTHORITY OR REMAIN A CIVIL SERVANT.
AND FOR THOSE WHO REMAIN A LEGITIMATE INTERESTS PROTECTED,
"THIS WILL BE A GENUINE OPTION CIVIL SERVANT THEY WILL HAVE THEIR MR CHAU STRESSED.
AFTER
MEANWHILE, HE THE RE-ORGANISATION UNDERSTANDING RE-ORGANISATION EXERCISE WHICH WOULD BEGIN ON APRIL 1.
AND SUPPORT
陣
SAID
CONSULTATION WITH STAFF WOULD
ΤΟ DEPARTMENT
SECURE OF THE OF STAFF IN A
AND MAJOR
CONTINUE THE COMPLEX
IMPORTANCE OF STAFF INVOLVING 27,000 MEMBERS
"THE GOVERNMENT
FULLY
THE RECOGNISES CONSULTATION IN A RE-ORGANISATION EXERCISE
OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT," MR CHAU SAID.
"IT IS
FOR
THIS REASON
SPECIAL
MEASURES
STAFF THAT
ON SURE THAT STAFF UNDERSTOOD THE IT INVOLVED AND HOW THEIR
CONSULTATIONS WERE ADOPTED TO MAKE OBJECTIVES OF THE RE-ORGANISATION, WHAT LEGITIMATE INTERESTS ARE BEING SAFEGUARD.
"
THE CONSULTATIVE