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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1986

+ AND YOU'LL HAVE SEEN IN THE STATEMENT THAT THEY HAVE INDEED REFLECTED THOSE ONTO THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES.

+THEY MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT THEY RECOGNISED THEIR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WELL BEING AND THE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.+

HE ADDED THAT THEY EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE THAT THE PROJECT WOULD BE BUILT AND OPERATED AND MANAGED, AND EVERY EFFORT WOULD BE MADE TO REACH THE HIGHEST INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.

THREE OF THE EXCO MEMBERS RETURNED WITH THE GOVERNOR. THEY WERE MR OSWALD CHEUNG, MISS LYDIA DUNN AND MR LEE OUD-A1,

THEY WERE MET BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, THE DIRECTOR OF PROTOCOL, SIR MARK HEATH, AND THE DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, MR JOHN CHAN.

MORE PAEDIATRIC BEDS TO BE PROVIDED

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AN ADDITIONAL 890 PAEDIATRIC BEDS WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS IN NEW HOSPITAL PROJECTS AND EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING HOSPITALS, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PAEDIATRIC BEDS TO ABOUT 2 370.

THIS WAS DISCLOSED BY THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR K.L. THONG, TODAY (SATURDAY) WHEN HE OPENED THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CALCIUM, PHOSPHATE AND MINERAL NUTRITION I. CHILDREN.

THE TWO-DAY SYMPOSIUM IS THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG PAEDIATRIC SOCIETY AND IS DESIGNED AS A SATELLITE MEETING OF THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PAEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY HELD RECENTLY IN TOKYO.

THE SYMPOSIUM ATTENDED BY ABOUT 150 DELEGATES, CONCENTRATES ON ONE ASPECT OF RENAL MEDICINE AND IS INTENDED TO BE A SCIENTIFIC WORKSHOP FOR RESEARCH WORKERS WHO WILL PRESENT THE LATEST ADVANCES IN THIS FIELD.

DR THONG SAID THAT AS PART OF THE CONTINUOUS EXPANSION OF HONG KONG'S MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES A FURTHER SEVEN CHILD ASSESSMENT CENTRES WOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED IN THE NEXT DECADE.

HE SAID IT WAS OPPORTUNE THAT THE HONG KONG SOCIETY OF PAEDIATRICS HAD ORGANISED THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AT THIS TIME AS HONG KONG WOULD NO DOUBT DERIVE MUCH GOOD FROM IT.

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