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TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1989

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IN LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE RUN RUN SHAW BUILDING

THE SINGLE LARGEST THE HOSPITAL, SIR DAVID DESCRIBED THE PROJECT AS

HONG EXPANSION EVER UNDERTAKEN BY A MEDICAL SUBVENTED ORGANISATION IN KONG.

THE $1.1 BILLION PROJECT WILL PROVIDE AND A FULL ARRAY OF SUPPORT FACILITIES.

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NEW HOSPITAL WARDS

MORE THAN

IN

BE WILL "THIS MEANS THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BEDS

WILL IN THIS WAY INCREASE DOUBLED: FROM 640 TO 1,400. THE PROJECT SUBSTANTIALLY THE PROVISION OF HOSPITAL SERVICES FOR PEOPLE LIVING EASTERN KOWLOON, HE SAID.

SIR DAVID SAID THAT WHEN HE VISITED THE HOSPITAL LAST JUNE, CARRIED OUT WAS ABLE TO SEE FOR HIMSELF THE EXCELLENT WORK BEING THE STAFF.

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BY

HE ADDED THAT HE WAS IMPRESSED BY HEALTH CARE.

THE HOSPITAL'S CONCEPT

OF

WELL BEYOND THE WALLS OF "THIS EXTENDS

THE EMBRACES

TOTAL WELL-BEING OF COMMUNITY, HE SAID.

THE

THE

INDIVIDUAL

AND HOSPITAL

WITHIN THE

ITS

OF

COMMUNITY

THE GOVERNOR NOTED THAT THE HOSPITAL HAD EXPANDED THE SCOPE

ITS COMMUNITY SERVICES THROUGH

NURSING

HEALTH PROJECTS AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES.

PROGRAMMES,

ON ITS

PIONEERING

ALLOW

"THE HOSPITAL IS ΤΟ BE CONGRATULATED APPROACH IN THESE MATTERS. THESE NEW ADDITIONAL FACILITIES WILL THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL TO EXPAND STILL FURTHER ITS SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY OF KWUN TONG, HE SAID.

PAID TRIBUTE ΤΟ SIR DAVID

ALL THOSE WHO HAD HELPED AND CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS BRINGING THE EXTENSION PROJECT TO FRUITION.

HE ESPECIALLY THANKED SIR RUN RUN FOR HIS GENEROUS DONATION THE OUTSET OF THE HOSPITAL'S FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN WHICH HAD MADE PROJECT POSSIBLE.

OF "IT IS RIGHT THAT, IN RECOGNITION

YOUR NEW BUILDING SHOULD BEAR YOUR NAME," SIR DAVID SAID.

CONTRIBUTION,

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