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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1963

HE POINTED OUT THAT SUBMISSIONS TO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR INCREASES IN FEES FOR SERVICES HAD TO SHOW ALSO WHAT MEASURES HAD BEEN TAKEN TO CUT COSTS AND TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY PRIOR TO THE PROPOSAL.

ALSO, HE SAID, THE GOVERNOR HAD MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO ALLOW FOR NO GROWTH IN THE CIVIL SERVICE FOR 1984-85, +EXCEPT WHERE IT IS ESSENTIAL TO PROVIDE STAFF FOR NEW FACILITIES AND WHERE SUCH STAFF CANNOT BE PROVIDED BY DEPLOYMENT.+

IN ADDITION, THE FINANCE BRANCH HAD INTRODUCED A PROGRAMME OF VALUE FOR MONEY STUDIES, AND HAD, TO DATE DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR, IDENTIFIED SAVINGS OF SOME $60 MILLION IN ANNUALLY RECURRENT EXPENDITURE.

AS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES, THEY WERE AS VULNERABLE AS ANYONE TO THE EFFECT OF INCREASED OPERATING COSTS.

+THE FINANCIAL MONITORING UNIT OF THE ECONOMIC SERVICES BRANCH OR THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT ARE IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES TO SATISFY THEMSELVES THAT THE COMPANIES DO, IN FACT, REVIEW THEIR OPERATING COSTS AND REDUCE THEM WHERE THEY CAN, HE SAID.

PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL AMONG FOREMOST

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THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL IS ALREADY RECOGNISED AS ONE OF THE FOREMOST DENTAL TEACHING HOSPITALS IN THE WORLD, THE HON LYDIA DUNN SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

SHE MADE THE REMARK WHEN TABLING A REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE HOSPITAL AND A STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE 1982-83 FINANCIAL YEAR.

MISS DUNN SAID, IN THE PRINCE PHILIP DENTAL HOSPITAL, HONG KONG HAS AN INSTITUTION OF WHICH IT SHOULD BE PROUD.

+I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT THE HOSPITAL WILL MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE YEARS AHEAD.

DURING THE YEAR THE HOSPITAL PROVIDED TRAINING FACILITIES FOR FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD YEAR STUDENTS READING FOR THE BACHELOR OF DENTAL SURGERY DEGREE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, AS WELL AS FOR A FULL RANGE OF DENTAL ANCILLARY STAFF.

+THE FIRST CLASS OF GRADUATES WILL COMPLETE THEIR STUDIES AND BE READY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN EARLY 1985 AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED.

+THAT A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS REACHING FRUITION ON SCHEDULE IS DUE TO THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF THE UNIVERSITY AND HOSPITAL STAFF, VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, AND, OF COURSE, THE DILIGENCE OF THE STUDENTS, SHE SAID.

MISS DUNN DESCRIBED AS MOST IMPRESSIVE THE SUCCESS RATE OF THE UNDERGRADUATE DENTAL STUDENTS.

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