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TERDAY, APRIL 15, 1974.

GIS 新聞處

DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

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THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES

IS A MAJOR CONCERN TO THE GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNOR, SIR

MURRAY MACLEHOSE SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY

OF THE POK 01 HOSPITAL AUDITORIUM, SIR MURRAY SAID THE

GOVERNMENT SUBVENTION TO THE HOSPITAL WAS THUS CHANGED

LAST YEAR FROM A DISCRETIONARY GRANT TO A COST PER BED

BASIS.

SIR MURRAY ALSO PRAISED THE ACHIEVEMENT OF POK

01 WHICH HAD GROWN FROM A SMALL RURAL CLINIC TO A

MODERN HOSPITAL WITH 162 BEDS, AND WHICH HAD EARNED

+A REPUTATION FOR PROVIDING THE WIDEST POSSIBLE RANGE

OF MEDICAL FACILITIES TO THE NEEDY AT A MINIMUM CHARGE.+

THE FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S

SPEECH:

+SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1919, THE POK OF HOSPITAL

HAS GROWN FROM A SMALL RURAL CLINIC TO A MODERN HOSPITAL.

WITH 162 BEDS. THIS IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT.

*THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE

NEW TERRITORIES IS OF MAJOR CONCERN TO THE GOVERNMENT

THUS THE POK OI HOSPITAL HAS BEEN SUBVENTED BY THE

GOVERNMENT SINCE 1960. THIS SUBVENTION WAS CHANGED LAST

YEAR FROM A DISCRETIONARY GRANT TO A COST PER BED

BASIS, WHICH MEANS THAT A GREATER PROPORTION OF THE

RUNNING COSTS OF THE HOSPITAL ARE NOU MET FROM PUBLIC FUNDS.

Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191

/DURING THE

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