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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1990

DELEGATION TO STUDY PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN SINGAPORE

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A 14-MEMBER DELEGATION OF THE WORKING PARTY ON

A FOUR-DAY CARE LEFT HONG KONG TODAY (SUNDAY) SINGAPORE.

FOR

PRIMARY HEALTH STUDY VISIT TO

THE OF

WORKING

PARTY, PROFESSOR ROSIE HEALTH AND WELFARE,

LED BY THE CHAIRMAN YOUNG, THE DELEGATES INCLUDED THE SECRETARY FOR MRS ELIZABETH WONG, AND THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DR S.H. LEE.

"THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO ENABLE MEMBERS OF

CARE PROVIDERS IN PARTY TO EXCHANGE IDEAS WITH PRIMARY PROF YOUNG SAID BEFORE DEPARTURE.

THE WORKING SINGAPORE,'

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"I HOPE THE VISIT WILL BROADEN OUR

PARTY

VISION OF PRIMARY HEALTH

MORE TO CONSIDER

OPTIONS FOR THE

CARE AND LEAD THE WORKING DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN HONG KONG."

UNDER THE EXPERIENCE

THERE WERE SEVERAL AREAS PROF YOUNG POINTED OUT TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE WORKING PARTY WHERE SHE FELT THE OF SINGAPORE COULD BE PARTICULARLY HELPFUL TO THE WORKING PARTY.

POPULATION RATIO "SINGAPORE HAS A LOWER HOSPITAL BED TO HONG KONG, YET ITS HOSPITALS ARE NOT OVERCROWDED AND IT DOES NOT TO RESORT TO THE USE OF CAMP BEDS," SHE SAID.

THAN

HAVE

THE SYSTEM OF

"WE WILL BE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED TO SEE HOW PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN SINGAPORE CONTRIBUTES TO REDUCING THE ON EXPENSIVE HOSPITAL BEDS.

PRESSURE

THE WAY IN WHICH THE RUN; HOW HEALTH PROMOTION IN WHICH PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

IS

"OTHERS AREAS WE WILL LOOK AT INCLUDE

SINGAPORE IN SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE ACTIVITIES ARE ORGANISED AND THE WAY PRACTITIONERS ARE TRAINED.

SAID THE HONG KONG IN AND THE PROFESSIONAL

THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS WONG, ALSO VISIT WOULD STRENGTHEN THE LINKS BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND

AT THE FIELD OF MANAGERIAL LEVELS,

PRIMARY

HEALTH

CARE,

ROTH

WITH MUCH IN COMMON MUST ALSO BE

"HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE ARE TWO PLACES AND THERE IS MUCH WE CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, BUT WE AWARE OF OUR DIFFERENCES, SHE SAID.

IS THE THE WAY

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CONSIDER "ONE IMPORTANT AREA THE WORKING PARTY HAS TO

LOOK CLOSELY AT FINANCING OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE. WE WILL THIS IS DONE IN SINGAPORE BUT IN THE END IT IS FOR US IN HONG KONG DEVISE OUR OWN SYSTEM OF FINANCING TO SUIT OUR CIRCUMSTANCES."

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