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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1981

NEW $14-MILLION CLINIC FOR SHA TIN

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RESIDENTS IN THE FAST DEVELOPING NEW TOWN OF SHA TIN WILL BENEFIT FROM IMPROVED MEDICAL AND HEALTH FACILITIES WHEN A NEW $14-MILLION CLINIC IS OFFICIALLY OPENED LATER THIS WEEK.

STANDING ON A 2 200-SQUARE-METRE SITE, THE LEK YUEN

HEALTH CENTRE CONSISTS OF TWO BUILDINGS, A SEVEN-STOREY MAIN BLOCK AND A SINGLE STOREY ANCILLARY BLOCK, PROVIDING A WHOLE RANGE OF GENERAL OUT-PATIENT AND FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE CLINIC HAS BEEN BUILT TO MEET THE INCREASED DEMAND FOR FACILITIES IN THIS NEW TOWN OF 140 000 PEOPLE.

THE CENTRE ALSO PROVIDES SUPPORTING SERVICES TO THE PRINCE

OF WALES HOSPITAL AND A POLYCLINIC NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

LOCATED WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE FROM OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATES IN SHA TIN, THE CLINIC ACCOMMODATES A GENERAL OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT, A FAMILY HEALTH CENTRE AND A PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY FURNISHED WITH $2.7 MILLION WORTH EQUIPMENT TO UNDERTAKE PATHOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS.

ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IS THE SHA TIN HEALTH EDUCATION CENTRE WHERE SPACE FOR EXHIBITIONS AND SEMINARS IS PROVIDED TO DISSEMINATE HEALTH INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.

THE NEW TERRITORIES REGIONAL OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEALTH ADMINISTRATION OF THE REGION, IS LOCATED ON THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE CLINIC COMPLEX.

FURTHER UP IS THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE LEK YUEN HEALTH CENTRE WILL BE OFFICIATED BY THE HON R.H. LOBO, SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AT 11 AM, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3.

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE EVENT.

TRANSPORT FACILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED TO TAKE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES TO THE SHA TIN LEK YUEN HEALTH CENTRE. A

DEPARTMENTAL VEHICLE WILL LEAVE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 10 AM SHARP ON THAT DAY.

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