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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1976

NEW KOWLOON EAST POLYCLINIC BEGINS OPERATION

EARLY NEXT YEAR *****

THE NEW KOWLOON EAST POLYCLINIC AT HAMMER HILL ROAD, NGAU CHI WAN, WILL BEGIN OPERATION IN PHASES EARLY NEXT YEAR, PROVIDING A FULL RANGE OF GENERAL OUTPATIENT AND SPECIALIST SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS IN THE NORTH-EASTERN PART OF KOWLOON.

THE PROJECT IS INTENDED TO MEET THE NEED OF THE INCREASING POPULATION IN KWUN TONG, WONG TAI SIN, SAU MAU PING AND WANG TAU HOM. IT IS ONE OF SIX NEW POLYCLINICS IN THE 10-YEAR MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE BUILT.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED AT A COST OF ABOUT $3.5 MILLION, WHICH WAS DONATED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

STAGE ONE COMPRISES TWO BLOCKS -- ONE TO BE USED AS A CHEST CLINIC AND THE OTHER AS A GENERAL OUTPATIENT CLINIC WHICH WILL ALSO HOUSE A MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRE AND A FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC.

STAGE TWO OF THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN 1979 PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION FOR SPECIALIST UNITS -- MEDICAL, SURGERY, ORTHOPAEDIC, PAEDIATRIC, OBSTETRIC AND GYNAECOLOGY, OPHTHALMIC AND EAR, NOSE AND THROAT,

THE CHEST CLINIC TO BE OPENED SOON HAS BEEN DESIGNED AS PART OF A POLYCLINIC WITH FACILITIES FOR OUTPATIENT CHEMOTHERAPY. THIS WILL ENABLE HOSPITAL BEDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS TO BE USED BY OTHER PATIENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH HEART DISEASE.

THE NEW CLINIC WILL RELIEVE MUCH OF THE PRESSURE ON THE EXISTING GOVERNMENT CHEST CLINICS WHERE ATTENDANCES LAST YEAR EXCEEDED THE 1.5 MILLION MARK.

DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED *****

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THE ACTING GOVERNOR, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS DECIDED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON DECEMBER 23, 1975 ON CHEUNG PING SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT.

CHEUNG WAS FOUND GUILTY OF THREE COUNTS OF MURDER.

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