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SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1979

GOVERNOR TO OPEN $10 MILLION DENTAL CENTRE

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF DENTAL SERVICE IN HONG KONG WILL TAKE ANOTHER MAJOR STEP FORWARD WITH THE COMPLETION OF A MULTI- MILL ION-DOLLAR DENTAL COMPLEX AT MORRISON HILL.

THE NINE-STOREY MACLEHOSE DENTAL CENTRE, COSTING MORE THAN $10 MILLION TO BUILD AND EQUIP, WILL BE OFFICIALLY OPENED BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, NEXT WEDNESDAY (MAY 2).

THE DENTAL COMPLEX WILL SERVE AS THE NERVE CENTRE FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S DENTAL SERVICE AND WILL PROVIDE TRAINING FACILITIES FOR DENTAL PERSONNEL.

ACCOMMODATED AT THIS BUILDING IS A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR DENTAL THERAPISTS AND A SCHOOL CHILDREN DENTAL CLINIC, BOTH OF WHICH ARE NAMED AFTER SIR SHIU-KIN TANG, WHO HAS DONATED $1.8 MILLION TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE PROJECT.

THE SIR SHIU-K IN TANG DENTAL THERAPIST TRAINING SCHOOL HAS ALREADY BEEN RUNNING COURSES FOR 33 DENTAL THERAPISTS SINCE LAST OCTOBER. ON COMPLETION OF THEIR THREE-YEAR TRAINING, THE DENTAL THERAPISTS WILL WORK IN A SCHOOL DENTAL CARE SCHÉME TO BE LAUNCHED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN 1980.

THE DENTAL THERAPISTS WILL WORK IN THE SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC, PROVIDING PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH A SERVICE WHICH COVERS BOTH THE PREVENTIVE AND BASIC TREATMENT ASPECTS OF DENTAL CARE.

THE MACLEHOSE DENTAL CENTRE ALSO HOUSES THE HEAD OFFICE AND DENTAL SURGERIES OF THE GOVERNMENT DENTAL SERVICE, WHICH WERE FORMERLY LOCATED AT THE WAN CHAI DENTAL CLINIC AT KENNEDY ROAD.

THE PROJECT IS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE 1974 WHITE PAPER ON THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN HONG KONG.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE NINE-STOREY MACLEHOSE DENTAL CENTRE BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 2) AT 10 A.M.

THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE LOWER GROUND FLOOR OF THE CENTRE AT OI KWAN ROAD, WAN CHAI.

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