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WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1983

BECAUSE OF THE WORLD OIL SURPLUS SINCE 1980, IT HAD NOT BEEN NECESSARY FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO REPEAT THESE CAMPAIGNS,

INSTEAD, THE GOVERNMENT HAD CARRIED OUT A NUMBER OF INVESTIGATIONS ON SEVERAL MAJOR BUILDINGS AND INSTALLATIONS THAT ARE LARGE CONSUMERS OF ELECTRICITY, WITH A VIEW TO DETERMINING WHETHER SAVINGS IN POWER CONSUMPTION COULD BE ACHIEVED, MR YEUNG SAID.

THESE STUDIES INCLUDE MURRAY BUILDING, THE KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES, QUEEN ELIZABETH AND OTHER HOSPITALS, THE AIRPORT AND THE INCINERATOR PLANTS.

+MOST OF THESE STUDIES HAVE BORNE FRUIT, AND IT IS ON THE BASIS OF THIS ACCUMULATED EXPERIENCE THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL OFFICE DREW UP, IN 1981, A PAMPHLET ON ENERGY CONSERVATION IN BUILDINGS,+ MR YEUNG SAID.

THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS GUIDELINES FOR AN ENERGY CONSCIOUS BUILDING DESIGN, AND HAS BEEN MADE FREELY AVAILABLE TO FIRMS AND PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING MANAGEMENT.

MR YEUNG SAID THAT A SUSTAINED EFFORT WAS ALSO BEING MADE IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHERE ENERGY CONSERVATION FEATURES IN THE CURRICULUM, WITH THE OBJECT OF CULTIVATING PROPER CONCEPTS OF ENERGY CONSERVATION IN THE MINDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE.

EVENING CLINICS HANDLE 3 500 PATIENTS DAILY

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UP TO 3 500 PATIENTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF DAILY BY THE 15 GOVERNMENT EVENING MEDICAL CLINICS WHICH OPERATE THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR S.F. LAM, SAID TODAY,

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON DR HENRIETTA IP, DR LAM SAID EVENING MEDICAL CLINICS WERE STARTED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO RELIEVE THE OVERWORKED ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES BY TAKING CARE OF NON-EMERGENCY CASES.

+THESE CLINICS WERE INITIALLY IN THOSE DISTRICTS WHERE THE REGIONAL HOSPITALS WITH THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS WERE, HE SAID.

+SUBSEQUENTLY, WITH THE EXPANSION OF THE EMERGENCY SERVICES IN DISTRICT HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CENTRES, MORE SUPPORTING CLINICS WERE OPENED, HE ADDED.

/DR LAM