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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1987

"THE ISSUE OFFICES ARE VERY CROWDED IN THE EVENINGS. ΤΟ AVOID HAVING TO QUEUE UP AT THE ISSUE OFFICES, APPLICANTS ARE ADVISED TO GO TO THESE OFFICES IN THE MORNINGS AND THE AFTERNOONS, THE SPOKESMAN

DDED.

HE REITERATED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL

IMMIGRANTS.

DB MEMBERS LEARN ABOUT HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT PLAN

WAN CHA1 DISTRICT

BOARD MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED ON THE THE RUTTONJEE SANATORIUM DURING

REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OF FAMILIARISATION VISIT TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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THEY WERE MET BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HK TUBERCULOSIS, CHEST AND HEART DISEASES ASSOCIATION, MR R.M. SHROFF, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSE COMMITTEE OF THE RUTTONJEE SANATORIUM, MR TSENG CHENG, AT THE SANATORIUM. WAN CHAI DISTRICT OFFICER, MR ALLAN CHOW, ALSO JOINED THE VISIT.

DURING THE VISIT, MEMBERS LEARNT THAT THE REDEVELOPMENT SCHEME WOULD INVOLVE THE BUILDING OF A FIVE-STOREY PODIUM,

MAIN HOSPITAL BLOCK WITH 16 WARDS, A NURSES QUARTER AND A SENIOR STAFF AND MEDICAL OFFICERS QUARTER.

OF

THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT WILL AMOUNT TO $280 MILLION, WHICH 80 PER CENT WILL BE SHOULDERED BY THE GOVERNMENT, WHILE THE REST WILL BE FUNDED BY THE HK TUBERCULOSIS, CHEST AND HEART DISEASES ASSOCIATION.

WHEN COMPLETED IN 1989, THE NEW 614-BED HOSPITAL WILL RELIEVE THE CROWDED CONDITIONS OF THE TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL.

HELP TO

AND THE

THE PARTY ALSO NOTED THAT THE REDEVELOPED HOSPITAL WOULD CONSIST OF A GERIATRICS DAY HOSPITAL, AN OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT, AN OPERATING THEATRE SUITE WITH FOUR OPERATING ROOMS, AND FOUR X-RAY EXAMINATION ROOMS IN THE NEW COMPLEX. IT WILL ALSO HAVE PATHOLOGY LABORATORIES AND FACILITIES

ELECTRO-MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS,

OF

PHYSIOTHERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND HYDROTHERAPY.

AFTER THE BRIEFING, THE PARTY TOURED THE SANATORIUM AND THE

CONSTRUCTION SITE OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

AND

BOARD MEMBERS WERE IMPRESSED WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN EXCHANGED SOUVENIRS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SANATORIUM BEFORE CONCLUDING THE VISIT.

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