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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1981
CHIEF SECRETARY VISITS HOSPITAL
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THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, TODAY (THURSDAY) VISITED QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL TO LOOK OVER THE WORK AT THE LARGEST ACUTE HOSPITAL THE COMMONWEALTH.
HE AD ACCO. PANIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, K.L. THONG THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (KOWLOON)
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THE SECRETARY FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, MR ERIC HO, WAS ALSO PRESENT.
SIR PHILIP WAS SHOWN AROUND THE CASUALTY, RADIOTHERAPY RADIODIAGNOSTIC AND PHYSIOTHERAPY DEPARTMENTS AND WARDS.
DURING THE VISI, HE MET THE STAFF OF VARIOUS UNITS AND DISCUSSED WITH THEM ABOUT WORKING CONDITIONS AND OTHER MATTERS,
OPENED IN 1963, THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, OPERATES A TWENTY-FOUR HOUR CASUALTY SERVICE, DEALING WITH ABOUT 800 CASES A DAY, AS MUCH AS ALL OTHER CASUALTY DEPARTMENTS PUT TOGETHER.
IT PROVIDES ALL THE IN-PATIENT AND OUT-PATIENT FACILITIES OF AN ACUTE GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR PATIENTS IN KOWLOON AND PARTS THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE HOSPITAL ORIGINALLY CONTAINED 1 338 BEDS, BUT NOW HAS
1928.
NEW TIMETABLE FOR PASSENGER TRAINS
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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WILL INTRODUCE A NEW TIMETABLE ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 14) TO IMPROVE THE PUNCTUALITY OF TRAIN SCHEDULES.
A KCR SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY THERE ARE 41 TRAINS AND 21 SOUTHBOUND
20 NORTHBOUND
RUNNING DAILY BETWEEN KOWLOON AND LOWU, INCLUDING ONE DOWN-TRAIN FROM FANLING.
THE REVISED TIMETABLE WILL CANCEL ONE UP-TRAIN AND ONE
DOWN-TRAIN, HE SAID.
+HOPEFULLY, THIS WILL IMPROVE THE PUNCTUALITY OF OUR TIGHT TRAIN SCHEDULES WHILE ENGINEERING WORKS ON KCR'S ELECTRIFICATION AND MODERNISATION PROGRAMME ARE BEING CARRIED OUT AT THE SAME TIME,+ THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
THE EXPRESS THROUGH TRAINS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND GUANGZHOU WILL NOT BE AFFECTED,
COPIES OF THE NEW TIMETABLE ARE POSTED AT ALL STATIONS.
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