M
-
AND
"WE WILL SEEK TO STRENGTHEN THE ROLE OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
SECTORS CLOSER TOGETHER THROUGH SOME BRING THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
INSURANCE SCHEME.
THEN
ENCOURAGE
"MARKET FORCES WILL HIGHER QUALITY SERVICE FOR CONSUMERS PRICE THEY CAN AFFORD, SHE SAID.
11
COMPETITION TO
OFFER A
AND BETTER CHOICE TOO, AT A
SHE ADDED THAT IF THE 1970'S WERE A TIME OF INNOVATION AND
1990'S WOULD SEE AN ENHANCEMENT 1980'S OF EXPANSION, THEN THE QUALITY, RATHER THAN INCREASE IN QUANTITY, OF SERVICES.
THE
IN
WOULD BE
THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, LAUNCHED EARLIER THIS MONTH, TAKING OVER THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF ALL PUBLIC HOSPITALS SOME GIVEN FINANCIAL AUTONOMY AND GREATER OPERATIONAL TIME NEXT YEAR.
FOR HIGHER A SET
NEW SCENE THE FLEXIBILITY,
COULD EFFICIENCY AND BETTER PATIENT CARE, SHE SAID.
AUTHORITY
CONTINUED TO BE FUNDED HOWEVER, SO LONG AS PUBLIC HOSPITALS
EXTENT ΤΟ WHICH DIRECTLY BY TAXPAYER, THERE WOULD BE A LIMIT TO THE
FULLY TAILOR SERVICES TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES OR HOSPITALS COULD INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
THE
HAS TO BE NOT "THE ULTIMATE CHOICE FOR PATIENTS, THEREFORE, JUST THE SIZE OF ROOM OR CHOICE OF MENU IN A PUBLIC HOSPITAL, BUT ALTERNATIVE OF A PRIVATE HOSPITAL BED WITH GREATER PERSONAL SHE SAID.
COMFORT,"
ROLE PRIVATE HOSPITALS HAD THE POTENTIAL TO PLAY A FAR GREATER
THEY COULD BK IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY IF ONLY MADE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO PATIENTS. AND THE WAY TO ACHIEVE THIS WAS SOME FORM OF MEDICAL INSURANCE, SHE SAID.
BY
11 APPLICATIONS FOR PREQUALIFICATION TO
TENDER FOR BRIDGE PROJECTS
IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, A HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN
(FRIDAY)
OF
HAVE BEEN THAT SAID TODAY
A TOTAL
11 APPLICATIONS
TO RECEIVED FROM LOCAL AND OVERSEAS CONTRACTORS FOR PREQUALIFICATION
MAIN BRIDGES OF THE LANTAU TENDER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWO FIXED CROSSING PROJECT.
THE RESPONSE WAS VERY ENCOURAGING AS THERE WERE ONLY A
THE NECESSARY SKILLS NUMBER OF
WORLDWIDE CONTRACTORS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO UNDERTAKE THE CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES SIZE, HE SAID.
LIMITED
WITH
AND
OF THIS
THE PREQUALIFICATION EXERCISE INVOLVED CONSTRUCTION OF TSING MA BRIDGE, AND THE DESIGN THE LINKING THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE INCLUDING
TWO CONTRACTS
THE AND CONSTRUCTION OF VIADUCTS ON MA WAN
ISLAND.
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