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Easter holiday clinic service
Eight general out-patient clinics will open on April 15 (Saturday) and April 16 (Sunday) during the coming Easter Holidays.
A spokesman for the Department of Health said today (Sunday) these clinics would be open from 9 am to 1 pm.
The eight clinics are Violet Peel Health Centre and Shau Kei Wan Jockey Club Clinic on Hong Kong Island; Kwun Tong Jockey Club Health Centre, Robert Black Health Centre, and Yau Ma Tei Jockey Club Clinic in Kowloon; and Lady Trench Polyclinic, Shek Wu Hui Jockey Club Clinic and Yuen Long Jockey Club Health Centre in the New Territories.
There will be no holiday out-patient clinic service on Good Friday (April 14) and on Easter Monday (April 17).
End/Sunday, April 9, 1995
Welfare payment arrangements for public holidays
Recipients of Comprehensive Social Security Assistance under the bank payment system may receive their payments on Thursday (April 13) if their pay- days fall on the Easter public holidays (April 14 to 17).
A spokesman for the Social Welfare Department said today (Sunday) that special payment arrangements would also be made for recipients of Social Security Allowance whose pay-days fell on April 14 to 17.
Those who have bank accounts with the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank or Hang Seng Bank will receive their payments on Thursday (April 13) whereas those with accounts in other banks will receive their payments next Tuesday (April 18).
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In case of doubt, recipients are advised to contact their respective social security field units.
End/Sunday, April 9, 1995
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