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FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1983

OPINIONS WELCOME ON REGIONAL TRANSPORT SERVICES

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DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS WERE TODAY (APRIL 15) ENCOURAGED TO AIR THE IR VIEWS ON REGIONAL TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT SERVICES THROUGH THE IR RESPECTIVE DISTRICT BOARDS.

ADDRESSING A GROUP OF 36 UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE KOWLOON CITY AND KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARDS WHO VISITED THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT AT ITS KOWLOON REGIONAL OFFICES TODAY, MR PANG HAU-CHUNG, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT (KOWLOON), SAID THE BOARDS' OPINIONS WERE IMPORTANT TO THE DEPARTMENT'S POLICY DECISIONS.

+THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WAS REORGANISED IN OCTOBER 1982 IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION DRIVE, GIVING AUTONOMY TO THE REGIONAL OFFICES OF HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES,+ MR PANG RECALLED.

+THIS WAS TO ENABLE FASTER AND MORE EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT NEEDS IN THE DISTRICTS,+ HE SAID.

THE ARRANGEMENT HAS WORKED WELL SINCE THEN.

TODAY'S VISIT WAS TO FAMILIARISE BOARD MEMBERS WITH THE OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT.

THE GROUP LATER VISITED THE DEPARTMENT'S LICENSING OFFICES, THE INDOOR DRIVING INSTRUCTION CENTRE AND PARKING METER DEPOT.

ARRANGEMENTS ARE TO BE MADE FOR ANOTHER VISIT BY THE NEW CHAIRMEN OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT SUB-COMMITTEES OF ALL THE DISTRICT BOARDS IN KOWLOON WHEN THEY ARE ELECTED.

181 CASES HANDLED BY CHAI WAN EMERGENCY CLINIC

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A TOTAL OF 181 CASES HAVE BEEN HANDLED BY THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY SECTION OF THE CHAI WAN HEALTH CENTRE DURING THE PAST FOUR DAYS SINCE IT BEGAN OPERATION ON MONDAY (APRIL 11).

MEMBERS OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD WERE TOLD THIS TODAY (FRIDAY) DURING A VISIT TO THE CLINIC TO SEE ITS FACILITIES AND OPERATION.

THEY LEARNED THAT OF THESE, 131 PATIENTS WERE TREATED AND DISCHARGED WHILE THE REMAINING 50 WERE GIVEN PRIMARY TREATMENT BEFORE BEING SENT TO QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

THE CLINIC, WHICH OPENS DAILY FROM 8 AM TO 9.30 PM, SERVES AS THE DISTRICT'S CASUALTY STATION UNTIL THE PROPOSED EASTERN HOSPITAL WAS COMPLETED.

DURING THE VISIT, THE MEMBERS WERE SHOWN VARIOUS LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS AND WERE BRIEFED ON HOW THE CLINIC OPERATED.

ACCOMPANYING THE PARTY WERE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR (HONG KONG) OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, DR CHAN KWAN-YUEN, AND THE EASTERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR H.T. LUI, WHO IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DISTRICT BOARD.

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