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FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1989

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THIS IS A GOOD SIGN TO SHOW THE RESULT OF THE EFFORT TO COMBAT CIGARETTE SMOKING, HE ADDED.

ON OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASES, DR LEE SAID THAT 198 CASES OF SILICOSIS AND THREE CASES OF ASBESTOSIS WERE REPORTED AND COMPENSATED LAST YEAR.

THIS BRINGS TO 3,365 THE COMPENSATED SINCE THE INCEPTION OF JANUARY 1981.

NUMBER OF PNEUMOCONIOSIS CASES THE COMPENSATION ORDINANCE IN

DR LEE SAID THAT THE PNEUMOCONIOSIS COMPENSATION FUND BOARD HAS ALLOCATED $1 MILLION FOR A RESEARCH PROJECT CENTRED ON PREVENTION AND CONTROL ASPECTS.

WITH REGARD TO HEART DISEASE, THE SECOND LEADING DEATH IN THE TERRITORY, HE SAID IT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF LAST YEAR COMPARED WITH 4,515 IN 1987.

CAUSE

OF PEOPLE

4,599

HE PRAISED THE CARDIAC MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TEAMS AT THE GRANTHAM HOSPITAL FOR THEIR GOOD WORK IN DEALING WITH ALL KINDS OF CARDIAC PROBLEMS. A TOTAL OF 865 CARDIAC OPERATIONS WERE PERFORMED LAST YEAR WITH A HIGH SUCCESS RATE.

THE

REFERRING TO THE NEW RUTTONJEE HOSPITAL NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION,

THE HISTORY OF DR LEE SAID IT MARKED AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORTING THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS IN THE OF MEDICAL SERVICES TO MEET THE CHANGING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

DEVELOPMENT

A WITH

FULL

614 BEDS ON COMPLETION, THE HOSPITAL WILL HAVE RANGE OF GENERAL HOSPITAL SERVICES AND SUPPORTING FACILITIES.

GARDEN ROAD PRIME SITE FOR SALE BY TENDER

THE GOVERNMENT IS OFFERING A SITE AT GARDEN ROAD TENDER WITH AN OBJECTIVE THAT UNDER SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT COULD BE TURNED INTO A PRESTIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT UNIQUE IN

LOCATED BETWEEN THE BANK OF CHINA AND MURRAY SITE IS REGARDED AS THE LAST PRIME SITE IN THE CENTRAL SALE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

IT

FOR SALE BY

CRITERIA THE AREA.

BUILDING, THE AVAILABLE FOR

8888, IS

THE 8.546-SQUARE-METRE SITE, KNOWN AS INLAND LOT NO. RESTRICTED TO NON-INDUSTRIAL (EXCLUDING GODOWN AND RESIDENTIAL BUT INCLUDING HOTEL AND SERVICE

PURPOSES PLUS A 500-SPACE

PUBLIC CARPARK.

APARTMENTS)

/ANNOUNCING THIS