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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 1990
"HONG KONG ALREADY HAS SUCH A SYSTEM THROUGH ITS COMPREHENSIVE NETWORK OF OUT-PATIENT CLINICS, ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER MEDICAL FACILITIES.
"THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN PROVEN BY OUR SUCCESSFUL CONTROL OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN THE PAST, SHE SAID.
AS TO DR LEONG'S QUESTION ABOUT THE COST то GOVERNMENT IN PROVIDING HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SERVICES TO IMPORTED WORKERS, MRS WONG SAID THERE WAS NO DATA AVAILABLE ON THE UTILISATION OF THESE SERVICES AND THE COST COULD THEREFORE NOT BE CALCULATED.
TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS A HELP TO GOVT'S RESEARCH PROJECTS
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GROWING EXPERTISE CONSULTANCY WORK,
THE GOVERNMENT IS ALREADY MAKING USE OF THE IN THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS TO HELP IT CARRY OUT THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM DR THE HON DANIEL TSE, MR BARNES SAID THE SERVICES AVAILABLE WERE SOMEWHAT LIMITED SO THAT ONLY QUITE SMALL CONSULTANCIES COULD BE HANDLED IN THIS WAY.
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MR BARNES SAID ACADEMIC STAFF IN THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS THEIR NORMAL TEACHING AND OTHER DUTIES TO PERFORM SO THAT THEY COULD NOT NORMALLY DEVOTE THEMSELVES FULL TIME TO CONSULTANCY WORK, NOR COULD THEY ACCEPT THE SAME DEGREE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR WORK AS COMMERCIAL CONSULTANTS DID.
HE ADDED THAT WHERE THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS WERE PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN SCORE WAS IN CARRYING OUT CONTRACT RESEARCH.
"PROJECTS CONNECTED WITH CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS HAVE BEEN HANDLED IN THIS WAY SINCE 1981 AND SEVERAL ARE AT PRESENT IN HAND, THE SECRETARY SAID.
MR BARNES SAID ANOTHER GOOD WAY IN WHICH EXPERT TALENTS IN OUR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS HAD BEEN EMPLOYED IN GOVERNMENT WORKS HAD BEEN THROUGH THEIR INVOLVEMENT
IN CONSULTANCIES LET OUT ΤΟ COMMERCIAL CONSULTANTS.
"I THINK THIS IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO GET THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED AND WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE IT WHENEVER SUCH ARRANGEMENTS ARE PROPOSED, HE SAID.
MR BARNES ADDED THAT THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BUILDING SERVICES RESEARCH CENTRE AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, AND IT WAS ENVISAGED THAT THIS WOULD PROVIDE CONSULTANCY SERVICES GOVERNMENT WHEN IT BECAME OPERATIONAL.
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