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WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1990

DEPARTMENT,

VIABILITY OF A RETAINING THE

LONGER

HAVE

MRS WONG NOTED THAT SOME HAD QUESTIONED THE MIXED STAFF SITUATION AND HAD QUERIED THE PURPOSE OF

SINCE

NO IT WOULD HOSPITAL SERVICES OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES ONCE THE PUBLIC HOSPITAL SYSTEM HAD

AUTHORITY. BROUGHT UNDER THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF THE HOSPITAL

BEEN

SHE REITERATED THAT A MIXED STAFF SITUATION WAS ENVISAGED RIGHT FROM THE OUTSET.

THERE WILL BE CIVIL "NO DOUBT,

THE INITIAL YEARS, DURING

RETAINING SERVANTS AND SUBVENTED STAFF WORKING FOR THE AUTHORITY BUT THEIR EXISTING TERMS.

"THE RETENTION OF THE HOSPITAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, EVEN WITH A OF TRANSITION DIMINISHING ROLE, WILL HELP TO FACILITATE THE PROCESS

WILL BE AND ASSURE THOSE CONCERNED THAT THEIR LEGITIMATE INTERESTS LOOKED AFTER.

"I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT GIVEN A COMMON OBJECTIVE, GIVEN GOODWILL AND UNDERSTANDING, AND A SENSE OF FAIRNESS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, WE WILL SURMOUNT ANY PROBLEMS LIKELY TO EMERGE

MRS WONG SAID. AND WE WILL MAKE IT WORK,

TURNING

ΤΟ THE

COMMUNICATIONS

SHE WHICH

RECEIVED LATE MR YESTERDAY, MENTIONED NOTABLY BY MR ANDREW WONG, MR MARTIN LEE AND

RECEIVED, RONALD CHOW, MRS WONG SAID THE LETTERS, THE REPRESENTATIONS WERE MAINLY RELATED TO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BOARD OF THE SUBVENTED HOSPITAL WITH THAT OF THE FUTURE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY.

PRESENT

"THESE ARE IMPORTANT COMMUNICATIONS. AND I'M SURE THE PROVISIONAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY AND THE FUTURE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY GIVE DUE CONSIDERATION THAT THESE COMMUNICATIONS DESERVE.

"INDEED,

WILL

AUTHORITY HAS HOSPITAL BOARDS AGAIN IN A

I UNDERSTAND THE PROVISIONAL HOSPITAL BEEN AND WILL FORMERLY CONSULT INDIVIDUAL SUBVENTED BEFORE FINALISATION OF DETAILS WHICH WILL BE SPELT OUT FORMAL AGREEMENT.

AUTHORITY

SET UP THE BILL

"THIS, I BELIEVE, THEY CANNOT DO UNLESS THE HOSPITAL IS SET UP. AND WITHOUT ENACTMENT OF THIS BILL WE CAN'T HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, SO IT REALLY SPEAKS FOR EARLY PASSAGE OF THE RATHER THAN THE OTHER WAY ROUND.

FOR SUBSEQUENT

SHE SAID.

"AND, OF COURSE, THERE ARE ALWAYS PROVISIONS AMENDMENTS UNDER EVEN EXISTING LEGAL PROCEDURE,

SUPPORTED

MRS WONG SAID SHE WAS GRATEFUL TO ALL THOSE WHO HAD

OF THE BILL AT THE PRESENT TIME AND SHE WAS SORRY TO HEAR SUGGESTIONS

AND RETHINKING THE DEFERMENT WITH AN IMPLICATION FOR STOPPING NOW WHOLE THING AGAIN.

UP

SHE REMINDED MEMBERS THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO SET THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY MUCH EARLIER, ADDING THAT DEFERRING THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL NOW WOULD MEAN FURTHER UNCERTAINTY AND MORE CONFUSION.

/"I BELIEVE