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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1989
SEP 88 TO
SEP 87 TO
INCREASE
LAST 12 MONTHS
AUG 89
HK$ MN.
AUG 88 HK$ MN.
HKS MN.
DOMESTIC EXPORTS
225.629
208,380
17.249
8.3
RE-EXPORTS
333.035
236.931
96.101
10.
6
TOTAL EXPORTS
558.664
445.311
113.353
25.5
IMPORTS
562.202
450.476
111.726
24.8
TRADE BALANCE
-3.538
-5.165
1.627
TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL EXTENSION OPENS
THE HOSPITAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO UPGRADE EXISTING SERVICES AND SEEK IMPROVEMENTS AS FAR AS POSSIBLE WITHIN RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
ITS
THE
DR
T.Y.
TANG
THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF HOSPITAL SERVICES, CHAU, AT A CEREMONY TODAY WEDNESDAY TO MARK THE OPENING OF THE SHIU KIN HOSPITAL EXTENSION.
AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, A BUST OF THE LATE SIR WAS UNVEILED. ALSO OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WAS MR SON OF SIR SHIU-KIN,
SHIU-KIN TANG RICHARD TANG,
RAPID A HEAVY
POINTED OUT
THAT THE IMPOSED
IN HIS OPENING ADDRESS, DR CHAU GROWTH OF HONG KONG'S POPULATION OVER THE YEARS HAD STRAIN ON MEDICAL SERVICES.
"DESPITE THIS PRESSURE, THE GENERAL HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY, AS REFLECTED IN THE MAJOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH INDICES, INFANT MORTALITY RATE, MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE, LIFE IS VERY SATISFACTORY BY ANY STANDARD.
SUCH EXPECTANCY
AS THE ETC,
BUT "THIS IS AN ACHIEVEMENT IN ITSELF.
WE WILL CONTINUE
OUR UPGRADE
EXISTING SERVICES AND SEEK IMPROVEMENTS AS FAR POSSIBLE WITHIN THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO US, HE SAID.
"
THE TANG SHIU KIN HOSPITAL, WHICH WAS INAUGURATED IN 1969, PROVIDED VALUABLE SERVICES TO RESIDENTS, DR CHAU SAID.
WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME, HOWEVER, IT HAD BECOME EXPAND THE HOSPITAL SERVICES IN ORDER TO MEET THE POPULATION AND THE COMMUNITY'S RISING ASPIRATIONS PROVISION OF SERVICES.
то
AS
HAD
ΤΟ
IN
NECESSARY INCREASE FOR BETTER
CONTRIBUTIONS
DR CHAU SPOKE OF SIR SHIU-KIN'S GENEROSITY AND TOWARDS IMPROVING MEDICAL AND HEALTH FACILITIES IN HONG KONG.
"THIS HOSPITAL
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