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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1988

DESPITE LIMITATIONS, MR CHAU SAID GOVERNMENT WAS CURRENTLY PROVIDING DIALYSIS SERVICE TO SOME 700 RENAL PATIENTS THROUGH 10 RENAL UNITS IN VARIOUS HOSPITALS AND RENAL CENTRES.

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"THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE BEING KEPT ALIVE IS INCREASING YEAR BY YEAR AND THERE ARE PLANS TO EXPAND THE SERVICE IN NEW HOSPITALS, HE SAID.

"THE CAPACITY FOR THIS FORM OF TREATMENT IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, HE ADDED.

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MARY

MR CHAU ALSO POINTED OUT THAT A SPECIAL RENAL TRANSPLANT CO-ORDINATING CENTRE WAS RECENTLY ESTABLISHED AT THE QUEEN HOSPITAL TO CO-ORDINATE THE TRANSPLANT PROGRAMME AND то LIAISE WITH POTENTIAL DONORS.

"IT ALSO PROVIDES COUNSELLING SERVICE TO THE RELATIVES OF DYING PATIENTS TO ALLOW THE KIDNEYS TO BE USED, HE SAID.

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FLYOVER TRAFFIC SIGNAL SCHEME TO BE ON TRIAL

AN EXPERIMENTAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL SCHEME TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY 01 NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC ON CANAL ROAD FLYOVER WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FROM 10 AM ON TUESDAY (NOVEMBER

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MOTORISTS TODAY (SUNDAY).

TRAFFIC LIGHTS WILL BE INSTALLED ON CANAL ROAD FLYOVER MERGE POINT WITH THE UP-RAMP COMING UP FROM QUEEN'S ROAD EAST.

AT ITS

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT AT PRESENT MOTORISTS FROM HAPPY VALLEY HAVE TO GIVE WAY TO TRAFFIC FROM ABERDEEN TUNNEL AND EXPERIENCE SIGHT-LINE PROBLEM DUE TO THE GEOMETRY OF THE JUNCTION ON THE FLYOVER.

WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS TO APPORTION SUITABLE PRIORITY TO THE TRAFFIC STREAMS FROM HAPPY VALLEY AND ABERDEEN TUNNEL, THE GIVE-WAY ARRANGEMENT CAN BE CANCELLED SO AS TO SOLVE THE SIGHT-LINE PROBLEM.

TO THE

THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL SCHEME WILL ALSO EASE THE CONGESTED UP-RAMP TRAFFIC FROM HAPPY VALLEY, ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OVERALL JUNCTION CAPACITY IS NOT EXPECTED.

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