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OPEN DAYS HAVE ALSO BEEN ORGANISED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY HEADQUARTERS IN DECEMBER FOR VOLUNTARY WEATHER OBSERVERS, INCLUDING RAINFALL OBSERVERS AND MARINERS, AND THOSE WHO HAVE ASSISTED THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY IN ITS WORK OVER THE PAST YEARS.

TO PLACE ON RECORD THE EARLY ACTIVITIES OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND THE PROGRESS WHICH HAS BEEN MADE, A BOOK IN THE 'THIS IS HONG KONG'' SERIES ENTITLED FROM TIME BALL TO ATOMIC CLOCK - THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, HONG KONG'' WRITTEN BY MR ANTHONY DYSON OF THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE PUT ON SALE SHORTLY.

NOTE TO EDITORS :

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE CONFERENCE HALL OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY CENTENARY BUILDING AT 9.30 AM ON WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 23).

NEED TO IMPROVE NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY SERVICE SEEN

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THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, THIS (MONDAY) MORNING TOLD SOME 400 DELEGATES TO A NEUROLOGICAL CONGRESS IN HONG KONG THAT HIS DEPARTMENT RECOGNISED THE NEED TO IMPROVE HONG KONG'S NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY SERVICE.

+APART FROM OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TRAINING OF SURGEONS IN GENERAL AND NEUROSURGEONS IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE TO MEET THE CONSTANT AND INCREASING DEMAND FOR MORE SERVICE FACILITIES,+ HE SAID.

THE FIVE-DAY CONGRESS, ORGANISED BY THE ASIAN-AUSTRALASIAN SOCIETY OF NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS, WILL END ON FRIDAY. THE CONGRESS, HELD ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS, IS A VENUE FOR THE EXCHANGE OF SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN NEUROLOGICAL SURGERY, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON PROBLEMS IN THIS REGION.

DR THONG SAID THAT TO DEVELOP THIS NEUROLOGICAL SERVICE FURTHER, THE DEPARTMENT WAS SEEKING CONSTANTLY TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG MEDICAL OFFICERS TO ACQUIRE MORE EXPERTISE IN THIS SPECIALTY BY MAKING AVAILABLE FELLOWSHIPS FOR HIGHER TRAINING OVERSEAS.

+WHEN THEIR TRAINING IS COMPLETED, THEY ARE THEN IN A POSITION TO CONTRIBUTE THE IR EXPERT KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS WITHIN THE SURGICAL TEAM THAT THEY ARE ATTACHED TO, HE ADDED.

/THE CHAIRMAN