SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1984
+SO THE BOARD DECIDED TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO INSTALL STREET LIGHTS IN ALL THE MAIN ACCESSES TO THESE VILLAGES, WHILE THE LOCAL MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES WILL COLLECT VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM RESIDENTS TO COVER ELECTRICITY AND MAINTENANCE COSTS, HE SAID.
AS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF GROUP LETTER BOXES AT THE ENTRANCES TO LAM TIN THIRD AND YAU TONG SHAN VILLAGES, THE BOARD WILL MEET ONE-THIRD OF THE EXPENSES INVOLVED, AND THE REST WILL BE BORNE BY THE RESIDENTS.
+THE IDEA OF PLANTING TREES ALONG SHUI NING STREET WAS FIRST PUT FORWARD BY THE TOWN CENTRE AREA COMMITTEE, MR CHEUNG SAID,
*THE AREA IS A VERY BUSY PLACE BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO A SCHOOL AND THE TREES WILL BEAUTIFY THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS PROVIDE SHADE FOR PASSERS-BY, HE ADDED.
MR CHEUNG SAID IT WAS ENCOURAGING THAT RESIDENTS IN KWUN TONG WERE BECOMING MORE CONCERNED WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THEIR DISTRICT AND HAD JOINED HANDS WITH THE DISTRICT BOARD TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT.
FLYING DOCTOR TREATING MORE PATIENTS
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A TOTAL OF 1 143 PATIENTS WERE TREATED BY FLYING DOCTORS OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.
THIS WAS AN INCREASE OF 37 PER CENT OVER THE 836 PATIENTS TREATED IN 1983.
THE FLYING DOCTOR SERVICE WAS INTRODUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN 1961 TO PROVIDE FREE MEDICAL SERVICES FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE REMOTE PARTS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES.
AT THE BEGINNING, FLYING DOCTORS WENT TO VILLAGES IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ON A SATURDAY MORNING AND TO THE NORTH-EASTERN AND WESTERN PARTS THE FOLLOWING SATURDAY, TO ENSURE THAT MEDICAL SERVICE WAS AVAILABLE TO ALL WHO NEEDED IT.
TODAY. ON ALTERNATE SATURDAY MORNINGS. A ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE 'DAUPHIN' HELICOPTER STANDS BY AT KAI TAK AIRPORT READY TO AIRLIFT A DOCTOR AND A NURSE TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
IN ADDITION, THE MEDICAL TEAM PAYS SCHEDULED VISITS TO VARIOUS NT LOCATIONS.
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