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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1984

SIR EDWARD TOLD REPORTERS THAT HE EXPECTED TO GO TO LONDON OVERNIGHT ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

+BUT WE STILL HAVEN'T GOT A DEFINITE DATE FOR THE PEKING TRIP. BUT I WILL BE GOING TO PEKING,+ HE SAID.

IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ON WHEN THE JOINT DECLARATION WOULD BE SIGNED, SIR EDWARD SAID NO ANNOUNCEMENT HAD BEEN MADE YET.

ASKED WHETHER THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS IN AGREEING ON THE DATE, HE SAID THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS.

+BUT WHEN YOU HAVE AN ARRANGEMENT LIKE THIS KIND, YOU HAVE TO GET A NUMBER OF PEOPLE'S DIARIES TOGETHER. BUT THERE IS NO PROBLEM ABOUT IT, HE SAID.

ASKED WHETHER MRS MARGARET THATCHER WOULD BE COMING TO HONG KONG AFTER SIGNING THE AGREEMENT, HE SAID, YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR HER OFFICE TO ANNOUNCE IT. +

GOVT AIMS AT MEDICAL SERVICES FOR ALL

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THE GOVERNMENT AIMED AT MAKING MEDICAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES +REASONABLY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL CENTRES OF POPULATION, THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, SAID TODAY.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE YUNG FUNG SHEE MEMORIAL CENTRE IN KWUN TONG THIS AFTERNOON, THE GOVERNOR SAID ALSO THAT MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES HAD BEEN EXPANDED ON THIS BASIS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE NEW TOWNS.

THE SAME APPROACH HAD BEEN ADOPTED IN THE URBAN AREAS, AND A HEALTH CENTRE AND A POLYCLINIC HAD BEEN PLANNED FOR THE PEOPLE OF KWUN TONG, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

THE YUNG FUNG SHEE MEMORIAL CENTRE TODAY REPRESENTED THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST STAGE OF THIS PLAN, SIR EDWARD SAID.

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WHEN THE SECOND STAGE - A POLYCLINIC IS COMPLETED IN 1986, A RANGE OF SPECIALIST OUTPATIENT SERVICES WILL BE WITHIN EASY REACH OF THE RESIDENTS.

THE CENTRE, HE SAID, HAD CERTAIN SPECIAL FEATURES. APART FROM OFFERING A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES OF A HEALTH CENTRE THIS CENTRE PROVIDED ACCOMMODATION FOR A GERIATRIC DAY HOSPITAL AD A PSYCHIATRIC DAY CENTRE, EACH WITH 40 PLACES.

DAY HOSPITALS ENABLED PATIENTS TO SPEND A PART OF THE DAY JER TREATMENT AND TO RETURN TO THE IR HOMES IN THE EVENING, THUS AVOIDING THE EFFECTS OF A PROLONGED STAY IN AN INSTITUTION.

/+THIS SHOULD