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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1988

THE SCHOOL OF GENERAL

BUILDING. FACILITIES INCLUDE A

NURSING LECTURE

IS HOUSED IN A SIX-STOREY THEATRE, TWO

CLASSROOMS, LIBRARY, TWO DEMONSTRATION ROOMS AND QUARTERS FOR THE TRAINEES.

A

NURSES AND

ENROLLED THE SCHOOL PROVIDES TRAINING FOR GENERAL HAS A CAPACITY FOR THREE INTAKES OF PUPIL NURSES TOTALLY 180 EACH YEAR.

SINCE IT OPENED IN 1964, A TOTAL OF 1,492 ENROLLED NURSES GRADUATED FROM THE SCHOOL.

IN LINE WITH THE IN HIS OPENING ADDRESS, DR THONG SAID THAT RECENT RAPID EXPANSION OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES IN HONG KONG,

TO ENSURE HIS DEPARTMENT HAS MADE TREMENDOUS STRIDES IN ITS EFFORTS THE HIGH QUALITY OF NURSING SERVICE THROUGH A SERIES OF IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ON NURSES' TRAINING.

IN THE PAST TEN YEARS, THREE NEW NURSING SCHOOLS INTO OPERATION, HE SAID.

WERE BROUGHT

KWAI

THESE SCHOOLS ARE AT

CHUNG HOSPITAL, PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL AND PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL.

THE NUMBER OF TRAINEES HAS INCREASED STEADILY FROM 1,500 EACH YEAR TO 2,400 BY THE END OF 1987.

EXCELLENT

PROVIDING THE ULTIMATELY

THE

DR THONG WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE NEW SCHOOL, WITH ITS FACILITIES, WILL CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY "NOT ONLY IN MUCH-NEEDED SUPPLY OF NURSES BUT

IN IMPROVING QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE.

IT

ALSO

EMPLOY DISABLED TO FULFIL MANPOWER NEEDS

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THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR TONY HAMMOND, TOLD EMPLOYERS TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT THEIR SUPPORT IN TAKING ON DISABLED PERSONS NOT ONLY GIVES THIS PARTICULAR GROUP THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR CAPABILITIES AT WORK, BUT ALSO FULFILS THEIR OWN MANPOWER NEEDS IN TIMES OF LABOUR SHORTAGE.

SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL PRESENTATION OF SOUVENIRS TO THE TOP EMPLOYERS WHO EMPLOY THE LARGEST NUMBER OF DISABLED PERSONS, MR HAMMOND NOTED THAT PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE IN SEVERAL AREAS DURING THE 12-MONTH PERIOD ENDED JUNE THIS YEAR.

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