THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1991
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GOVERNOR VISITS HEALTH AND CHILD ASSESSMENT CENTRES
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, VISITED TWO CENTRES RUN BY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TODAY (THURSDAY). HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY LADY WILSON, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE.
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SIR DAVID BEGAN BY VISITING THE ARRAN STREET CHILD ASSESSMENT
TO CENTRE IN MONG KOK, SET UP IN 1977
PROVIDE ADVICE AND CARE ON PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY YOUNG CHILDREN,
HE WAS SHOWN THE CHILD DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT WORK MORE UNDERTAKEN AT THE CENTRE AND WAS BRIEFED ON PLANS TO SET UP FOUR SUCH CENTRES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, ONE EACH IN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON AND TWO IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE GOVERNOR THEN VISITED THE LI PO CHUN HEALTH CENTRE, ALSO IN MONG KOK. HE TOURED THE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT AND THE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRE.
HE WAS BRIEFED ON IMPROVEMENTS INTRODUCED IN GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINICS SINCE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WAS ESTABLISHED TWO YEARS AGO, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RECORDS SYSTEM AND APPOINTMENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHRONIC CASES.
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HE WAS ALSO SHOWN HOW VIDEOS ON HEALTH EDUCATION ARE DISPLAYED IN THE WAITING AREA.
"OUR HEALTH CARE HAS TO REACH OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY," SAID SIR DAVID AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE VISIT.
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"THE TWO CENTRES I HAVE JUST VISITED ARE GOOD EXAMPLES HARD WORK BEING PUT IN AT DISTRICT LEVEL ΤΟ IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES," HE SAID.
GOVT PLANS TO ISSUE BONDS IN PAPERLESS FORM
ORDINANCE
THE GOVERNMENT IS PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE LOANS SO THAT GOVERNMENT BONDS CAN BE ISSUED UNDER THAT ORDINANCE IN A PAPERLESS FORM.
THE INTENTION TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE GOVERNMENT DEBT MARKET WITH A MODEST PROGRAMME OF TWO AND THREE-YEAR GOVERNMENT BONDS WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR PIERS JACOBS, IN HIS BUDGET SPEECH ON MARCH 6.
DETAILS OF THIS PROPOSED BOND PROGRAMME ARE BEING WORKED OUT BY THE OFFICE OF THE EXCHANGE FUND.
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