WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1974
QMH NEW PATHOLOGY BUILDING OPENED
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY OPENED THE NEW CLINICAL PATHOLOGY BUILDING OF QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL DESCRIBING IT AS +A SIGNIFICANT STEP TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF MEDICAL SERVICES FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.+
+THERE WILL BE MANY OTHER SUCH STEPS,+ SIR MURRAY SAID, CITING THE COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME DRAWN UP FOR THE STEADY EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF MEDICAL SERVICES OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
THIS PROGRAMME, HE ADDED, WILL BE ROLLED FORWARD YEAR BY YEAR AND WOULD ENABLE US TO GO FORWARD IN AN ORDERLY WAY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT RESERVES ARE AVAILABLE AT ANY TIME.+
THE EIGHT-STOREY BUILDING, BUILT AT A COST OF $9 MILLION, DECAME OPERATIONAL IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, PROVIDING THE CLINICAL PATHOLOGY SERVICE FOR THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL.
FOLLOWING IS THE FULL TEXT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH :
+1 AM INDEED PROUD OF THIS NEW CLINICAL PATHOLOGY BUILDING, AND AM DELIGHTED BY YOUR TRIBUTE TO THE GOOD CO-OPERATION BETWEEN UNIVERSITY, MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WHICH BROUGHT IT INTO BEING. WITH THIS NEW BUILDING WE TAKE A FURTHER AND SIGNIFICANT STEP TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF MEDICAL SERVICES FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND TO ENSURE THEY KEEP PACE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.
+THERE WILL BE MANY OTHER SUCH STEPS. WE HAVE DRAWN UP A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME FOR THE STEADY EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF MEDICAL SERVICES OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, AND THIS PROGRAMME WILL BE ROLLED FORWARD YEAR BY YEAR. HELP US TO GO FORWARD IN AN ORDERLY WAY AND IN ACCORDANCE
THIS WILL WITH WHAT RESERVES ARE AVAILABLE AT ANY TIME..
+THE MAIN ITEMS ARE THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOSPITALS AND CLINICS THE ORGANISATION OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES ON A REGIONAL BASIS- THEIR EXTENSION TO THE NEW TOWNS AND THE NEW TERRITORIES- AND A GENERAL IMPROVEMENT IN STANDARDS WHEREVER PRACTICABLE. YOUR GOVERNMENT WILL STEADILY AND PRUDENTLY PRESS FORWARD WITH THESE DEVELOPMENTS.
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+BUT WE ARE CONCERNED TODAY WITH THIS NEW BUILDING, WHICH IS THE PRODUCT OF SO MUCH CAREFUL THOUGHT AND PLANNING*. AND WORK BY SO MANY PEOPLE OF SO MANY SKILLS AND CRAFTS. WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THEM ALL, BUT PARTICULARLY PROFESSOR
[ GIBSON FOR THE PART HE HAS PLAYED WITH SUCH DILIGENCE AND ENTHUSIASM.
+IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO DECLARE THIS CLINICAL PATHOLOGY BUILDING OF THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL OPEN.+
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