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FRIDAY, JANUARY 21,

MEDICAL SERVICES IN KWUN TONG IMPROVING

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MEDICAL SERVICES IN KWUN TONG ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE IN THE COMING YEARS WITH THE PROVISION OF MORE MEDICAL FACILITIES, THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, MR STANLEY YING, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.

SPEAKING AT A MEETING OF THE KWUN TONG ROTARY CLUB, MR YING SAID: THIS YEAR, FOR INSTANCE, WILL SEE THE OPENING OF A NEW GOVERNMENT CLINIC IN LAM TIN, THE FOURTH IN THE DISTRICT.+

+THE LAM TIN CLINIC WILL BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CONSULTATION ROOMS TO 18.+

ALTHOUGH THIS WAS AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE PROVISION OF GENERAL OUT-PATIENT SERVICES IN KWUN TONG, MR YING SAID, THE DISTRICT STILL REQUIRED FIVE MORE CONSULTATION ROOMS TO MEET DEMANDS.

MR YING COMMENDED THE DISTRICT BOARD FOR IMPLEMENTING AN EVENING CLINIC SCHEME SINCE JUNE 1983 AS AN INTERIM MEASURE TO SERVE RESIDENTS.

+ANOTHER MAJOR DEVELOPMENT IN MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT IS THE 3730 MILLION UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL EXTENSION PROJECT, HE SAID.

+UPON COMPLETION IN 1994, THE NUMBER OF HOSPITAL BEDS WILL INCREASE FROM 650 TO 1 400, AND THE NUMBER OF HOSPITAL STAFF FROM 1 500 TO 4 000.*

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YING SAID THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD HAD ALREADY FORMED AN ORGANISING COMMITTEE WHICH WOULD SOON LAUNCH A SERIES OF ACTIVITIES TO RAISE $5 MILLION FOR THE PROJECT.

+1 HOPE ALL LOCAL ORGANISATIONS, INDUSTRIALISTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL SUPPORT THE DISTRICT BOARD IN THIS YEAR-LONG FUND- RAISING DRIVE, HE SAID.

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TALK FOR CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHERS

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S CHINESE LANGUAGE TEACHING CENTRE WILL ORGANISE A TALK ON CHINESE CULTURE AND THE TEACHING OF CHINESE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS LATER THIS MONTH.

TEACHERS OF CHINESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE TALK AT GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ARGYLE CENTRE ANNEXE, ROOM 915, NINTH FLOOR, MONGKOK CENTRE, STAGE ONE, 688 NATHAN ROAD, ON FEBRUARY 22 BETWEEN 9.30 AM AND 11 AM.

/A LECTU