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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1988
TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE TWO YEARS LATER, HE WAS PROMOTED MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES AND HE BECAME DIRECTOR ON JANUARY 1, 1977. AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES IN HE WAS APPOINTED COMMISSIONER OF THE THE SAME YEAR.
IN HIS FAREWELL SPEECH TO DR THONG, DR DIRECTOR, PAID TRIBUTE TO THE DIRECTOR FOR HIS DURING HIS TENURE OF OFFICE.
S.H. LEB, THE DEPUTY IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS
THE
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD GREATLY EXPANDED IN
INCREASE IN HOSPITAL BEDS PAST 12 YEARS, WITH MORE THAN 50 PERCENT AND MORE THAN 150 PERCENT INCREASE IN STAFF.
"THIS IS
A TRULY
PERIOD OF UNPARALLELED
H HE SAID. DEVELOPMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT,
EXPANSION
AND
QUALITY OF SOPHIЯICATED SERVICE
THERE HAD ALSO BEEN A DEFINITE IMPROVEMENT IN THE SERVICE WITH NEW EQUIPMENT ACQUIRED AND NEW AND INTRODUCED, HE ADDED.
DURING
THE SAME
PERIOD,
THE
DEPARTMENT FACED TREMENDOUS INCREASE AND RISING PUBLIC
PRESSURE ARISING FROM RAPID POPULATION EXPECTATION COUPLED WITH RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS.
DESPITE
THESE
DIFFICULTIES,
WERE
ADMINISTRATION
DR LBE SAID THERE CONSIDERABLE EXPANSION AND CHANGES IN THE DEPARTMENT'S AND ORGANISATION AND A DEFINITE FACELIFT IN THE MEDICAL SCENE.
BEEN
FOR
DR THONG'S
STRONG
"HAD IT NOT
LEADERSHIP UNFAILING GUIDANCE, THE DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
HE STRESSED. SUCH ACCOMPLISHMENT AS WE SEE IT TODAY,
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AND ATTAIN
ORDER
DR THONG WAS AWARDED THE COMMANDER OF THE MOST EXCELLENT
A MEDAL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE (CBE) IN 1980. HE WAS RECENTLY AWARDED
ORGANISATION FOR THE FROM THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE WORLD HEALTH
ΤΟ WESTERN PACIFIC IN RECOGNITION OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN HONG KONG.
HIS
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS
RETIREMENT, DR
BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT A BRONZE
LEE PRESENTED
SYMBOLISING DEER
TO DR
FORTUNE, WEALTH
THONG
ON
HIS TO MARK
AND HEALTH.
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