SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1976.
MILK KITCHEN FOR TSAN YUK HOSPITAL
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A CENTRAL MILK KITCHEN CAPABLE OF PREPARING 1,200 INFANT FEEDS PER DAY HAS BEEN SET UP IN TSAN YUK HOSPITAL AT A COST OF MORE THAN $450,000.
INSTALLED IN THIS KITCHEN IS AN AUTOCLAVE FOR STERILISING MILK BOTTLES AND THE PREPARATION OF MILK FORMULAE. THIS IS AN ESSENTIAL PROCESS FOR ENSURING THAT NEW BORN BABIES ARE PROTECTED FROM GASTRO-INTESTINAL INFECTIONS.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HUNG ON TO MEMORIAL FUND WHICH CONTRIBUTED $159,000 TOWARDS THE COST OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE MILK KITCHEN.
AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR THE GENEROUS DONATION, THE KITCHEN HAS BEEN NAMED HUNG ON TO MEMORIAL FUND PAEDIATRIC DIETETIC LABORATORY.
THE LABORATORY WILL NOT ONLY BE USED FOR THE PREPARATION OF MILK MIXTURES AND OTHER INFANT FEEDS, BUT WILL ALSO PROVIDE TRAINING FACILITIES TO THE MEDICAL AND NURSING STAFF ON MODERN MILK KITCHEN MANAGEMENT.
TSAN YUK HOSPITAL IS THE LARGEST MATERNAL HOSPITAL RUN BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND PROVIDES A FULL RANGE OF ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL CARE FOR MOTHERS, WITH FACILITIES FOR SPECIAL CARE OF THE NEW BORN BABIES.
SOME 7,000 BABIES ARE BORN EACH YEAR IN THIS HOSPITAL WHICH HAS 300 BEDS INCLUDING 50 COTS IN THE SPECIAL CARE NURSERY.
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS IN YAU MA TEI
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A NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN YAU MA TEI, KOWLOON, TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY JORDAN STATION.
THE TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS, WHICH WILL COME INTO EFFECT FROM 10 A.M. ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER 9) ARE AS FOLLOWS:
PILKEM STREET BETWEEN JORDAN ROAD AND BOWRING STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM ONE-WAY SOUTH-BOUND TO ONE-WAY NORTH-BOUND.
PARKES STREET BETWEEN JORDAN ROAD AND BOWRING STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED FROM ONE-WAY NORTH-BOUND TO ONE-WAY SOUTH-BOUND.
PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING PARKES STREET FROM JORDAN ROAD.
APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE POSTED TO GUIDE
MOTORISTS.
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