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Thursday, September 21, 1972
LAI CHI KOK HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS "PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL"
The new hospital on the Lai Chi Kok promontory is to be known as
the Princess Margaret Hospital following the receipt of royal approval for
the new name.
Announcing this today, the Director of Medical and Health Services,
Dr. G.H, Choa, said: "It is a very happy choice indeed. The main government
hospital on the Island has been known for many years as the Queen Mary
Hospital, and the main government hospital in Kowloon as the Queen Elizabeth
Hospital.
"It is therefore appropriate that the third major government
hospital in Hong Kong is being named after a member of the Royal Family.
Princess Margaret is well-known personally to the people of Hong Kong."
She was bere on an official visit with her husband, Lord Snowdon,
in 1966. In 1969, she passed through Hong Kong on her way home after an
official visit to Japan.
The foundation stone of the Princess Margaret Hospital was laid by
Princess Anne in October last year during a six-day visit to Hong Kong.
Construction is now well advanced and the general wing of the hospital is
expected to be opened in 1974.
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