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THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1977

THE DIRECTOR SAID THAT AT PRESENT THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROVIDED FULL-TIME MEDICAL CARE FOR 200 IN THE SIU LAM HOSPITAL, WHILE SUBVENTED ORGANISATIONS PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL 93 BEDS.

HOWEVER, HE CONTINUED, THERE WERE ALREADY OVER 200 PERSONS WHO HAD BEEN EXAMINED AND CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION INTO THE SIU LAM HOSPITAL AND MORE THAN 500 PERSONS STILL WAITING TO BE ASSESSED.

+THE TURNOVER RATE OF SIU LAM IS LESS THAN 10 PERSONS A YEAR. IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, THERE IS THE EXTENSION OF THE CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE WHICH, WHEN COMPLETED IN 1978, WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 300 BEDS, HE ADDED.

GOVERNOR VISITS BUDDING ARTISTS ******

THE GOVERNOR SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, TODAY (THURSDAY) SAW AT FIRST HAND HOW WASTE MATERIALS, SUCH AS OLD NEWSPAPER, BOTTLE TOPS, AND PIECES OF TINFOIL WERE TURNED INTO BEAUTIFUL HANDICRAFT THROUGH THE IMAGINATIVE AND CO-OPERATIVE EFFORTS OF CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN EIGHT AND FOURTEEN.

THESE CHILDREN WERE PARTICIPATING IN THE +JOY IN CREATION+ EVENT WHICH FORMED PART OF THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME ORGANISED BY THE BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS ASSOCIATION AT THE ST. PAUL'S CONVENT SCHOOL (PRIMARY SECTION).

ON HIS ARRIVAL AT THE SCHOOL, SIR MURRAY WAS GREETED BY MR. CHEUNG WING-IN, CHAIRMAN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION MRS. CHAN WONG SHUI, THE ACTING GENERAL SECRETARY AND THREE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

SIR MURRAY WAS FIRST SHOWN AROUND THE COVERED PLAYGROUND WHERE ABOUT 150 CHILDREN, DIVIDED INTO TEAMS OF THREE EACH, WERE ENGAGED IN DEVELOPING +MÁSTERPIECES+ AROUND A SPECIFIED THEME USING WASTE MATERIALS.

HE THEN PROCEEDED TO THE ASSEMBLY HALL TO INSPECT ABOUT 100 PIECES OF HANDICRAFT MADE BY THE CHILDREN, AND DISCUSSED WITH THE TUTORS PAPER CUTTING, FOAM RUBBER ENGRAVING AND GLASS CUTTING.

ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS, A LITTLE GIRL, LEUNG MING-WAI, PRESENTED A FOAM RUBBER SEAL TO THE GOVERNOR WITH HIS NAME ENGRAVED IN CHINESE.

BEFORE SAYING GOOD-BYE TO THE BUDDING ARTISTS, THE GOVERNOR PASTED A SEASHELL ON AN +EVERYBODY SHARES BOARD+ WHICH IS TO BE COMPLETED AS A SCENE OF THE DEEP BLUE SEA BY EVERY PARTICIPANT OF THE EVENT IN CONTRIBUTING AN IDEA BY USE OF WASTE MATERIALS.

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