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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1986
+A LOT OF PREPARATORY WORK HAS BEEN DONE, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN NEW TERRITORIES, BY THE NEW TERRITORIES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND ITS CONSULTANTS, AND THIS FORM THE BASIS FOR NEW INITIATIVES AND CONCERNED DEPARTMENTS WILL SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE TO IMPROVE THE POSITION,+ DR HAYES SAID.
+TIED WITH THIS IMPROVEMENT IS THE EXTENSION OF PLANNING TO THE AREAS OUTSIDE THE NEW TOWNS,+ HE SAID.
DR HAYES SAID THERE COULD BE NO REAL PROGRESS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES UNLESS THERE WAS CONTINUED GOOD UNDERSTANDING AND WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE HEUNG YEE KUK.
+WE SHALL SHORTLY BEGIN WORK TOGETHER ON THE LAND POLICY LIAISON GROUP WITH ITS FOUR WORKING PARTIES TO REVIEW POLICY REGARDING RESUMPTION, THE SMALL HOUSES, LAND USE PLANNING AND DETERMINATION OF BOUNDARIES, HE SAID.
VISIT TO HOSPITAL ****
CONTINUING HIS SERIES OF FAMILIARISATION VISITS, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY DESIGNATE, MR PIERS JACOBS, THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING CALLED AT KWONG WAH HOSPITAL.
MR JACOBS WAS BRIEFED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, MR ALOYSIUS CHU FEE-LOONG, AND THE MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT OF KWONG WAH, DR LIU WOON-TIM.
HE THEN VISITED THE VARIOUS SECTIONS OF THE HOSPITAL, INCLUDING THE PRIVATE AND GERIATRIC WARDS, THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, ELECTRO-MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC UNIT, THE NEUROSURGICAL WARD, AND THE PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.
HE LATER MET OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AT A TEA RECEPTION.
NEW PUBLICITY ON MENTAL HEALTH
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A NEW TELEVISION API (ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST) ENCOURAGING THE PUBLIC TO BE HELPFUL AND SYMPATHETIC TOWARDS THE MENTALLY ILL, WILL BE SCREENED ON TELEVISION AS FROM TOMORROW (SUNDAY).
COMMENTING ON THE NEW API, THE COMMISSIONER FOR REHABILITATION, MR MARTIN LEWIS SAID TODAY, THAT A +SOFT-SELL+ APPROACH WAS BEING ADOPTED TO PROVIDE THE BASIC FACTS OF MENTAL HEALTH TO PUBLIC.
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