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-

AND

"WE WILL SEEK TO STRENGTHEN THE ROLE OF PRIVATE ENTERPRISE

SECTORS CLOSER TOGETHER THROUGH SOME BRING THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

INSURANCE SCHEME.

THEN

ENCOURAGE

"MARKET FORCES WILL HIGHER QUALITY SERVICE FOR CONSUMERS PRICE THEY CAN AFFORD, SHE SAID.

11

COMPETITION TO

OFFER A

AND BETTER CHOICE TOO, AT A

SHE ADDED THAT IF THE 1970'S WERE A TIME OF INNOVATION AND

1990'S WOULD SEE AN ENHANCEMENT 1980'S OF EXPANSION, THEN THE QUALITY, RATHER THAN INCREASE IN QUANTITY, OF SERVICES.

THE

IN

WOULD BE

THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, LAUNCHED EARLIER THIS MONTH, TAKING OVER THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF ALL PUBLIC HOSPITALS SOME GIVEN FINANCIAL AUTONOMY AND GREATER OPERATIONAL TIME NEXT YEAR.

FOR HIGHER A SET

NEW SCENE THE FLEXIBILITY,

COULD EFFICIENCY AND BETTER PATIENT CARE, SHE SAID.

AUTHORITY

CONTINUED TO BE FUNDED HOWEVER, SO LONG AS PUBLIC HOSPITALS

EXTENT ΤΟ WHICH DIRECTLY BY TAXPAYER, THERE WOULD BE A LIMIT TO THE

FULLY TAILOR SERVICES TO PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES OR HOSPITALS COULD INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.

THE

HAS TO BE NOT "THE ULTIMATE CHOICE FOR PATIENTS, THEREFORE, JUST THE SIZE OF ROOM OR CHOICE OF MENU IN A PUBLIC HOSPITAL, BUT ALTERNATIVE OF A PRIVATE HOSPITAL BED WITH GREATER PERSONAL SHE SAID.

COMFORT,"

ROLE PRIVATE HOSPITALS HAD THE POTENTIAL TO PLAY A FAR GREATER

THEY COULD BK IN THE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY IF ONLY MADE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO PATIENTS. AND THE WAY TO ACHIEVE THIS WAS SOME FORM OF MEDICAL INSURANCE, SHE SAID.

BY

11 APPLICATIONS FOR PREQUALIFICATION TO

TENDER FOR BRIDGE PROJECTS

IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, A HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN

(FRIDAY)

OF

HAVE BEEN THAT SAID TODAY

A TOTAL

11 APPLICATIONS

TO RECEIVED FROM LOCAL AND OVERSEAS CONTRACTORS FOR PREQUALIFICATION

MAIN BRIDGES OF THE LANTAU TENDER FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWO FIXED CROSSING PROJECT.

THE RESPONSE WAS VERY ENCOURAGING AS THERE WERE ONLY A

THE NECESSARY SKILLS NUMBER OF

WORLDWIDE CONTRACTORS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO UNDERTAKE THE CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES SIZE, HE SAID.

LIMITED

WITH

AND

OF THIS

THE PREQUALIFICATION EXERCISE INVOLVED CONSTRUCTION OF TSING MA BRIDGE, AND THE DESIGN THE LINKING THE KAP SHUI MUN BRIDGE INCLUDING

TWO CONTRACTS

THE AND CONSTRUCTION OF VIADUCTS ON MA WAN

ISLAND.

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