XN000022-1979-10-11 — Page 2

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1979

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$52M HEALTH CENTRE FOR EAST KOWLOON

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RESIDENTS IN THE EAST KOWLOON REGION WILL BE PROVIDED WITH MORE FACILITIES FOR A VARIETY OF FREE HEALTH SERVICES IN A COUPLE OF YEARS WHEN A $52 MILLION HEALTH CENTRE DONATED BY THE LATE MADAM YUNG FUNG SHEE IS COMPLETED. THE CENTRE WILL BE NAMED THE YUNG FUNG SHEE MEMORIAL CENTRE.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES DR. S.F. LAM IN AN ADDRESS TO THE ZONTA CLUB OF KOWLOON TODAY (THURSDAY).

DR. LAM, IN PAYING TRIBUTE TO MADAM YUNG, DESCRIBED HER AS ONE +WHO HAD THE WELFARE OF THE POOR PUBLIC AT HEART.+

MADAM YUNG WILLED TO DONATE PART OF HER ESTATE TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT +FOR THE EXPRESSED PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING A FREE PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE TO BE RUN AND/OR SUBSIDISED BY THE GOVERNMENT. +

THE YUNG FUNG SHEE MEMORIAL CENTRE WILL BE DEVELOPED AS STAGE I OF A HEALTH CENTRE/POLYCLINIC COMPLEX SERVING SOME 600 000 PEOPLE IN THE KWUN TONG, YAU TONG, LAM TIN AND NGAU TAU KOK AREAS.

LOCATED IN CHA KWO LING ROAD, THE CENTRE WILL CONSIST OF A SEVEN-STOREY HIGH BLOCK AND A SINGLE STOREY LOW BLOCK WITH A TOTAL AREA OF 12 000 SQUARE METRE,

IT WILL PROVIDE FREE FAMILY HEALTH, CHEST, SOCIAL HYGIENĖ, HEALTH, EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY, GERIATRIC AND PSYCHIATRIC DAY CARE AND REHABILITATION SERVICES.

AND WHEN THE KWUN TONG POLYCLINIC IS OPERATIONAL BY 1986, IT WILL PROVIDE SPECIALIST SERVICES IN MEDICINE, SURGERY, PAEDIATRICS, ORTHOPAEDICS, OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, PSYCHIATRY, DERMATOLOGY AND EAR, NOSÉ AND THROAT DISEASES. THERE WILL ALSO BE SPECIAL FACILITIES LIKE RENAL DIALYSIS, CHILD ASSESSMENT, AUDIOMETRY AND EYE TESTING.

*THIS COMPREHENSIVE RANGE OF PREVENTIVE, CURATIVE AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES ALL SITUATED WITHIN A SINGLE COMPLEX WILL BE EXPECTED TO PLAY AN ACTIVE AND LEADING ROLE IN THE HEALTH CARE OF THE PEOPLE OF EAST KOWLOON, SAID DR. LAM.

DR. LAM FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE YUNG FUNG SHEE MEMORIAL CENTRE IN EAST KOWLOON WAS IN LINE WITH THE REGIONAL APPROACH RECOMMENDED BY THE 1974 WHITE PAPER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN HONG KONG.

UNDER THIS SYSTEM A REGIONAL HOSPITAL, SEVERAL DISTRICT HOSPITALS, POLYCLINICS AND GENERAL CLINICS IN A COMMON GEOGRAPHICAL AREA WOULD BE GROUPED TOGETHER TO FORM AN INTEGRATED NETWORK OF SERVICES.

/DR. LAM