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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1983

FINANCIAL SECRETARY VISITS TWO FACTORIES

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THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, SIR JOHN BREMRIDGE TODAY CONTINUED HIS SERIES OF VISITS TO FACTORIES.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF INDUSTRY, MR PETER KIANG, SIR JOHN FIRST VISITED ELEC AND ELTEX CO. LTD. AT LUK HOP STREET. SAN PO KONG, WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE COMPANY'S CHAIRMAN, MR DAVID SO, AND THE GENERAL MANAGER, MR JOHN TREPANIER. HE WAS SHOWN AROUND THE PRODUCTION FLOORS WHERE WORKERS WERE MANUFACTURING CORDLESS

THE TELEPHONES FOR MARKETS IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES. COMPANY'S SAN PO KONG FACTORY IS IN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING INTO THE MANUFACTURE OF MULTILAYER PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS AND NEW MACHINERY WORTH OVER $40 MILLION WAS SEEN BEING INSTALLED.

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY ALSO VISITED TEK-DEVICES LTD. AT CHIAP HUA BUILDING, HUNG HOM.

ON A TOUR OF THE FACTORY, THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR JOHN LO EXPLAINED TO SIR JOHN THAT HIS COMPANY SPECIALISED IN MANUFACTURING CORE AND SEMI-CONDUCTOR MEMORIES AND SYSTEMS. THE COMPANY'S PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN USED IN EQUIPMENT INSTALLED IN THE UNITED STATES SPACE SHUTTLE, MILITARY AIRCRAFT, OIL RIGS AND DEEP SEA RESEARCH FACILITIES OPERATED IN SEVERE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.

THE COMPANY HAS RECENTLY INSTALLED COMPUTERISED HIGH POSITION MEASURING EQUIPMENT AND WILL SET UP ITS OWN ANODISING AND ELECTRO PLATING SHOP AS PART OF ITS EXPANSION PLAN.

JUNE CASUALTY CASES HIT RECORD HIGH

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THE ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAD THEIR BUSIEST MONTH ON RECORD IN JUNE.

CASUALTY ATTENDANCES DURING THE MONTH TOTALLED 95 500, AN INCREASE OF 13.4 PER CENT OVER THE FIGURE FOR MAY, THE DEPARTMENT'S LATEST MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORT SHOWS.

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THIS REPRESENTS A DAILY AVERAGE OF 3 183 ATTENDANCES 12 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE DAILY AVERAGE FOR THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

THE LARGEST NUMBER OF ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY CASES 25 857 WAS DEALT WITH AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, FOLLOWED BY PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL, WITH 15 170 CASUALTY CASES. THE FIGURE AT QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL WAS 11 217.

INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE FIGURES COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS MONTH WERE ALSO RECORDED AT TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL AND FANLING HOSPITAL, AS WELL AS AT THE THREE MAJOR GOVERNMENT-SUBVENTED HOSPITALS - KWONG WAH HOSPITAL, UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL AND CARITAS MEDICAL CENTRE.

AT CHAI WAN HEALTH CENTRE, WHERE AN ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY SECTION WAS SET UP IN APRIL TO PROVIDE PRIMARY TREATMENT TO EMERGENCY CASES IN EASTERN DISTRICT, THE NUMBER OF ATTENDANCES INCREASED FROM 1 589 IN MAY TO 1 804 IN JUNE.

NOTIFICATION OF VIRAL HEPATITIS CASES CONTINUED TO DECREASE IN JUNE, DROPPING TO 182 FROM 251 THE PREVIOUS MONTH.

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