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MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1977
GOVERNOR LAYS FOUNDATION STONE OF MACLEHOSE DENTAL CENTRE ******
A FURTHER FOUR SCHOOL DENTAL CLINICS, TWO IN KOWLOON AND TWO IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AS HONG KONG'S DENTAL CONSERVATION SERVICE GETS INTO ITS STRIDE, THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE FOUNDATION STONE LAYING CEREMONY OF THE MACLEHOSE DENTAL CENTRE IN MORRISON HILL, HE SAID, HOWEVER, THAT THIS PROGRAMME COULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT THE NECESSARY NUMBER OF TRAINED DENTAL NURSES AND HYGENISTS,
SIR MURRAY SAID THAT THE NINE-STOREY DENTAL CENTRE WOULD BE READY IN 12 MONTHS' TIME.
IT WAS IN THIS CENTRE, HE ADDED, THAT DENTAL NURSES AND DENTAL HYGENISTS WOULD BE TRAINED SO THAT THEY MIGHT STAFF THE DENTAL CONSERVATION SERVICE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN.
SIR MURRAY SAID THE FIRST INTAKE OF DENTAL NURSES AND DENTAL HYGENISTS WOULD BE NEXT YEAR AND THE SCHEME WOULD START IN 1980.
THE GOVERNOR WAS CONVINCED THAT THE SERVICE WOULD BE OF THE GREATEST BENEFIT TO THE DENTAL HEALTH OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
+TAKEN TOGETHER WITH THE NEW SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY NOW BEING PLANNED IN THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, IT HAS WIDE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DENTAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG, HE STRESSED.
IN CONCLUSION, SIR MURRAY SAID THAT TIME AND AGAIN, THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL SERVICES IN HONG KONG HAD
BENEFITED FROM DONATIONS FROM SIR SHIU-K IN TANG.
A NUMBER OF MEDICAL PROJECTS IN THE VICINITY, SUCH AS TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL AND THE TANG CHI NGONG SPECIALIST CLINIC, WERE BUILT WITH HIS CONTRIBUTIONS, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
+ON THIS OCCASION, HE HAS AGA IN DONATED GENEROUSLY TOWARDS THE COST OF BUILDING NOT ONLY THIS CENTRE BUT ALSO THE DENTAL NURSE TRAINING SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL CHILDREN'S DENTAL CLINIC WITHIN IT, HE ADDED.
SPEAKING AT THE SAME CEREMONY, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR. K.L. THONG, SAID THE USE OF DENTAL NURSES TO PROVIDE ROUTINE PREVENTIVE DENTAL CARE AMONG THE SCHOOL POPULATION HAD PROVED TO BE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN MANY COUNTRIES AND +THERE IS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HONG KONG WE WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF SUCH A SCHEME.+
/HE THANKED
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