WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1994
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CROSS BORDER CHANNELS SUCCESSFUL IN RESOLVING DISPUTES
BORDER
THE HONG KONG AND SHENZHEN AUTHORITIES HAVE ESTABLISHED
ΤΟ DEAL WITH LIAISON CHANNELS WHICH CAN BE ACTIVATED VERY QUICKLY
MR JOHN CROSS BORDER INCIDENTS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, TELFORD, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MRS SELINA CHOW,
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MR TELFORD SAID THESE CHANNELS WERE USED SUCCESSFULLY IN HELPING RESOLVE A DISPUTE THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
MR TELFORD SAID: "WE ARE AWARE OF TWO SUCH INCIDENTS HONG KONG DRIVERS AND CHINESE OFFICIALS SO FAR THIS YEAR.'
HAVE BEEN
HE SAID THE DISPUTE
RESOLVED ON THE SPOT.
ON
UNDERSTOOD MARCH 26 THIS YEAR WAS
ΤΟ
INVOLVING
TO
TO CONTINUE
USE THE ENSURE THAT SIMILAR
MR TELFORD SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ESTABLISHED BORDER LIAISON CHANNELS TO TRY TO PROBLEMS WOULD NOT ARISE IN FUTURE.
COULD ALSO JSSUES AT THEIR
HE SAID REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY EXPRESS
ON CROSS BORDER TRANSPORT THEIR CONCERNS REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.
WHERE APPROPRIATE, THESE CONCERNS WILL BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE ΤΟ REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FUTURE MACHINERY LIAISON MISUNDERSTANDINGS, HE SAID.
BORDER
PSYCHOGERIATRIC TEAMS PROVIDE OUTREACH SERVICES
IN
DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS, 2,340 PATIENTS WERE SERVED BY THE PSYCHOGERIATRIC OUTREACHING TEAMS SET UP BY THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THREE OF ITS HOSPITALS, THE SECRETARY ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MRS
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF PATIENTS SERVED
EACH WEEK WAS
ABOUT
730.
CONRAD
LAM
SAID
AND
ONE
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON KUI-SHING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MRS WONG
PSYCHIATRIST EACH PSYCHOGERIATRIC TEAM WAS LED BY A CONSULTANT COMPRISED UP TO THREE DOCTORS, THREE NURSES, ONE PHYSIOTHERAPIST,
AND UNE MEDICAL OCCUPATIONAL
ONE CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST THERAPIST,
SOCIAL WORKER.
TO
AND OUTREACH
THE
THE INTERFACE BETWEEN HOSPITAL FACILITATE SERVICES, SHE ADDED, SOME TEAM MEMBERS WERE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR TREATMENT OF IN-PATIENTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE HOSPITALS.
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