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THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1990
POK OI PRAISED FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES
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HSU,
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF TODAY (THURSDAY) PRAISED THE POK OI HOSPITAL FOR ITS MULTI-FACETED SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.
IN A MEETING WITH DIRECTORS OF THE HOSPITAL DURING THEIR COURTESY CALL ON THE CNTA THIS AFTERNOON, MR HSU SAID THESE SERVICES CATERED WELL FOR COMMUNITY NEEDS.
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOSPITAL'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MR TANG YING-YIP, OUTLINED THE BOARD'S WORK THIS YEAR.
ON THE HOSPITAL'S WELFARE PROJECTS IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY SAID THEY WOULD BE FULLY SUPPORTED BY THE CNTA.
THE PROJECTS INCLUDED AN EXPANSION PROGRAMME FOR QUARTERS FOR DOCTORS AND NURSES, REDEVELOPMENT OF THE HOSPITAL'S SOUTH WING BLOCK AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RECREATION CENTRE FOR THE ELDERLY, A CARE AND ATTENTION HOME, A KINDERGARTEN, A SECONDARY SCHOOL AND A FUNERAL SERVICE PARLOUR, MR HSU NOTED.
"THESE WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE SERVICES то RESIDENTS IN YUEN LONG, TUEN MUN, SHA TIN AND TIN SHUI WAI, HE SAID.
MR HSU ALSO PRAISED THE DIRECTORS' FUND-RAISING EFFORTS, NOTING THAT THESE HAD CONTRIBUTED MUCH ΤΟ THE HOSPITAL'S FAST
DEVELOPMENT.
LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF $12 MILLION WAS RAISED THROUGH VARIOUS FUND-RAISING DRIVES.
GRADING OF BEACH WATER QUALITY
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THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY (THURSDAY) ANNOUNCED GRADES ON THE BACTERIAL WATER QUALITY OF ALL BATHING BEACHES IN HONG KONG.
THE PURPOSE OF THE GRADING SYSTEM IS TO INFORM SWIMMERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE STATE OF BACTERIAL POLLUTION AT VARIOUS BEACHES.
THE GRADING IS BEING ANNOUNCED AT BIWEEKLY INTERVALS DURING THE BATHING SEASON, TO COINCIDE WITH THE FREQUENCY AT WHICH BEACH WATERS ARE USUALLY SAMPLED.
THE GRADING IS BASED ON THE MOST RECENT E. COLI DATA OBTAINED BY THE EPD IN ITS ROUTINE MONITORING PROGRAMME.
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