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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1987

CHARGES FOR SPECIAL CLASS BEDS AT TSAN YUK REVISED FROM $365 TO $460 DAILY.

HOSPITAL WOULD BE

FEES FOR THE FIRST AND SECOND CLASS OF WARDS OF THE TWO PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL AND KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL

REMAINS UNCHANGED AT $260 AND $175 RESPECTIVELY.

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PATIENTS IN PRIVATE WARDS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY EXTRA FOR MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS, SURGERY AND SPECIAL LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS.

FOR OUT-PATIENTS, CONSULTATION FEES FOR GENERAL CLINIC WILL BE REVISED FROM $13 TO $18 PER VISIT.

MEANWHILE, CHARGES ARE REGULARISED FOR NON-ENTITLED

WHO MAKE USE OF GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS OR CLINICS.

PATIENTS

NON-ENTITLED PATIENTS ARE DEFINED AS THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HOLD A HONG KONG IDENTITY CARD OR A BRITISH PASSPORT.

THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED

THAT IT HAS

BEEN

THE GOVERNMENT'S PRACTICE NOT TO SUBSIDISE NON-EMERGENCY HOSPITAL AND CLINIC SERVICES FOR SUCH PATIENTS.

AN ALL-INCLUSIVE DAILY CHARGE OF $950 AND $350 WILL BE MADE TO NON-ENTITLED PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE GENERAL AND PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL RESPECTIVELY.

CHARGES OF $65 AND $130 ARE MADE TO NON-ENTITLED PERSONS FOR ATTENDING THE OUT-PATIENT AND SPECIALIST CLINIC RESPECTIVELY.

MAY EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS RELEASED

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS GREW BY 28 PER CENT AND 48 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 1987 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT INDICATED.

VOLUME

THESE BROUGHT AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 37 PER CENT IN THE OF TOTAL EXPORTS. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 34 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, SO THAT THE PRICES OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT.

PRICES OF