XN000022-1982-03-29 — Page 2

MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1982

SIR PHILIP OPENS YAN OF POLYCLINIC

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THE GOVERNMENT AIMS TO PROVIDE A FULL SPECTRUM OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES - SOME IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PHILANTHROPIC BODIES AND SUBVENTED AGENCIES, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE SAID TODAY.

HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE $20 MILLION YAN OI POLYCLINIC IN TUEN MUN, BUILT WITH THE HELP OF A $4 MILLION DONATION FROM A NEW TERRITORIES CHARITABLE ORGANISATION, YAN OI TONG.

THE POLYCLINIC IS A SIX-STOREY BUILDING HOUSING A GENERAL OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT WITH SIX CONSULTATION ROOMS, A FAMILY HEALTH SERVICE CENTRE WITH MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICE AND FAMILY PLANNING, A DENTAL CLINIC, A CHEST SERVICE, A RADIODIAGNOSTIC CENTRE AND A PUBLIC LABORATORY.

+THIS PROJECT EXEMPLIFIES ONCE AGAIN THAT TRADITION OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE GENERAL BODY OF TAXPAYERS, ON THE ONE HAND, AND PHILANTHROPIC GROUPS WITH SPECIAL INTERESTS, ON THE OTHER, WHICH CHARACTER ISES SO MUCH OF LIFE IN HONG KONG,+ HE SAID.

SIR PHILIP ALSO SPOKE ON DISTRICT BOARDS AND GAVE A FIRM ASSURANCE THAT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER THROUGH THE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, WITHIN THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES, WILL LEND ALL THE SUPPORT THEY CAN TO DISTRICT BOARDS IN ALL THEIR ENDEAVOURS.

EARLIER, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, SAID THE OPENING OF THE YAN 01 POLYCLINIC REPRESENTED ANOTHER MAJOR MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

HE SAID THE DEPARTMENT CONSIDERED IT A TOP PRIORITY TO PROVIDE EVERY COMMUNITY WITH PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES..

+PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, HE EXPLAINED, +CONSISTS OF HEALTH SERVICES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL FOR PROMOTING AND MAINTAINING BASIC HEALTH CARE OF EACH AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL IN A COMMUNITY.+

THE SYSTEM COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES INCLUDING OUT-PATIENT SERVICES, FAMILY HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH EDUCATION, DISEASE CONTROL AND OTHER PROMOTIVE AND PREVENTIVE HEALTH MEASURES.

+EMBODIED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE YAN OI POLYCLINIC THEREFORE ARE THE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF SUCH PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY, + HE SAID.

ADJACENT TO THE YAN OI POLYCLINIC WILL BE THE SITE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECOND STAGE OF THE POLYCLINIC, WHICH WILL ACCOMMODATE SPECIALIST FACILITIES INCLUDING EAR-NOSE-THROAT, OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, SURGERY, PAEDIATRICS, GERIATRICS, A PSYCHIATRIC OUT-PATIENT AND DAY CENTRE, A RENAL DIALYSIS CENTRE AND SOCIAL HYGIENE.

/IN ADDITION