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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1980

AS REGARDS GENERAL OUT-PATIENT SERVICE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, DR SAM SAID THREE NEW CLINICS/POLYCLINICS WOULD BE OPENED IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.

LEK YUEN HEALTH CENTRE IN SHA TIN RECENTLY COMPLETED WILL PROVIDE A GENERAL OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT, FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE, A NEW REGIONAL OFFICE, AND A COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION CENTRE.

LEI MUK SHUE HEALTH CENTRE, TO BE COMPLETED BY MID-1981 WILL CATER FOR GENERAL OUT-PATIENT SERVICE, VISITING SPECIALIST SERVICE, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICE AND A 24-BED MATERNITY WARD.

YAN OI POLYCLINIC STAGE IN TUEN MUN, TO BE IN OPERATION BY NEXT SEPTEMBER, WILL HOUSE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT, FAMILY HEALTH AND CHEST UNITS.

THE STAGE 1 CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WILL PROVIDE SPECIAL IST SERVICES, IS SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE THE END OF 1983.

IN THE LONGER TERM, THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO BUILD SEVEN MORE CLINICS IN THE REGION: A SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC AT SHA TIN AND AT TUEN MUN, A CLINIC EACH IN YUEN LONG, TAI PO, TSING YI AND LOWER KWAI CHUNG, AND A GERIATRIC DAY CENTRE AT SOUTH KWAI CHUNG POLYCLINIC.

+THE DEPARTMENT IS DOING ITS UTMOST WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES TO ENSURE A BALANCED DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES AT ALL FRONT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS AHEAD WITH IMPROVEMENT OF OUR SERVICES SO THAT AN ACCEPTABLE STANDARD CAN BE MAINTAINED, + DR SAM SAID.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

COPIES OF THE SPEECH BY DR SAM, IN ENGLISH AND CHINESE HAVE BEEN BOXED FOR COLLECTION.

$1M PLAN TO INTRODUCE REFLECTIVE ROAD MARKINGS

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THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS EXTENDING THE USE OF REFLECTIVE THERMOPLASTIC ROAD MARKINGS TO IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY.

A CONTRACT FOR THE LAYING OF SOME 10 000 SQUARE METRES OF SUCH ROAD MARKINGS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG WAS AWARDED TODAY TO WIMPEY ASPHALT HONG KONG LTD.

THE CONTRACT, AT A COST OF ABOUT $1 MILLION, WAS FORMALLY SIGNED BY MR HAROLD BEATON, GOVERNMENT HIGHWAY ENGINEER (WORKS), AND MR DERYCK ALLISON, CONTRACTS MANAGER OF THE COMPANY.

/MR BEATON