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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1988

"THE NEW AUTHORITY WILL BENEFIT FROM HAVING ACCESS TO

SECTOR; IT

MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE IN THE PRIVATE WILL ENJOY GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN THE USE OF RESOURCES; AND, VERY IMPORTANTLY, ITS EXISTENCE WILL ENCOURAGE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AREA WHICH IS OF GREAT CONCERN TO THE COMMUNITY," HE SAID.

IN AN

SIR DAVID SAID STAFF OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT COULD BE ASSURED THAT THEIR TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT UNDER

AUTHORITY THE NEW HOSPITAL

WOULD BE NO LESS FAVOURABLE THAN AT PRESENT AND THAT THEY WOULD BE CONSULTED BEFORE ANY CHANGES WERE MADE.

AS FOR STAFF IN THE SUBVENTED HOSPITAL SECTOR, THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT THEY HAD GENERALLY WELCOMED THE PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A A MORE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY AND SAW IT AS A MEASURE WHICH WOULD ENSURE EQUITABLE SHARING OF RESOURCES.

"FOR THEIR PART, THEY CAN BE ASSURED THAT THEIR SEPARATE TRADITIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS WILL NOT BE JEOPARDISED," HE SAID.

WAS

NOT

EASY

SIR DAVID NOTED THAT THE PERIOD OF WAITING

FOR THOSE WHO WERE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE CHANGES, BUT STRESSED THAT "IN SUCH AN IMPORTANT FIELD WE MUST TAKE THE TIME NECESSARY ΤΟ GET

WHOLE AND FOR THE BEST SOLUTION, BOTH FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A

THOSE DEDICATED PEOPLE WHO WORK SO HARD IN OUR MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES."

TURNING TO GOVERNMENT DOCTORS' WORKING CONDITIONS AND TERMS SERVICE, THE GOVERNOR SAID THERE WAS CLEARLY ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

OF

"IN PARTICULAR, WE ARE EXAMINING THE POSSIBILITY OF CREATING AND OF MORE SENIOR POSTS, WHICH WOULD INCREASE PROMOTION PROSPECTS, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL REMUNERATION FOR DOCTORS WHO WORK UNUSUALLY HOURS, " HE SAID,

IN REFERRING TO THE PACKAGE OF MEASURES NOW BEING

CONSIDERED.

LONG

OF THE

"IN ADDITION, WE SHALL BE LOOKING AT POST-QUALIFICATION TRAINING FOR DOCTORS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FORTHCOMING REPORT WORKING PARTY ON POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING.'

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SIR DAVID SAID URGENT ADVICE ON THESE MATTERS HAD BEEN SOUGHT FROM THE PROVISIONAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY WHICH HAD

LONG-TERM A KONG'S INTEREST IN THE WELL-BEING OF HONG

DOCTORS, AND HOPED THAT FIRM PROPOSALS WOULD BE MADE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

ON THE MEDICAL

INFRASTRUCTURE, THE

GOVERNOR NOTED THAT IT CONTINUED TO EXPAND WITH THE EXPECTED COMPLETION OF THE 1,600-BED TUEN MUN HOSPITAL BY THE

NEXT YEAR, THE

MARY QUEEN HOSPITAL IN FASTERN HOSPITAL EXTENSION IN 1989 AND THE PAMELA YOUDE DISTRICT IN 1991.

BEGINNING OF

"THESE WILL PROVIDE NOT ONLY A MORE EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF

BUT MEDICAL FACILITIES IN THE TERRITORY,

ALSO A

OF LARGE MEASURE RELIEF FOR THE SEVERE OVERCROWDING

OUR EXISTING HOSPITALS, HE

SAID.

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