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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1991.

PART-TIME NURSE SCHEME IS WORKING WELL

NURSE PART-TIME

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SCHEME HAD CONTRIBUTED

POSITIVELY

TO

RELIEVING THE PRESSURE ON FULL-TIME NURSES AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY SECRETARY OF PATIENT CARE IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, THE ACTING FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON MICHAEL CARTLAND, INFORMED LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE

CHOW MEI- A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON RONALD IN TAK, MR CARTLAND SAID THIS CONCLUSION WAS BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF

REVIEWS UNDERTAKEN MONTHLY

BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE DEPARTMENT ON HOSPITAL SERVICES

THE SCHEME IN

OF TERMS OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND STANDARD OF SERVICE.

BOTH

ONE

HE SAID THE PRESENT SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED IN MARCH 1990 AS OF

OF NURSES IN MEASURES TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE ACUTE SHORTAGE THE PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND CLINICS.

AT PRESENT, THERE WERE 231 PART-TIME FULLY-QUALIFIED REGISTERED NURSES EMPLOYED IN GOVERNMENT AND SUBVENTED HOSPITALS AND CLINICS.

THEY, TOGETHER, PROVIDED SOME 19,000 MAN-HOURS OF SERVICE MONTH, WHICH WAS EQUIVALENT TO 105 FULL-TIME NURSES.

BACH

"THE SCHEME IS WORKING SATISFACTORILY," MR CARTLAND SAID.

WATER TO MA ON SHAN PURE AND CLEAN

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AND

THE WATER DELIVERED TO KAM HAY COURT IN MA ON SHAN IS PURE CLEAN AND POSES NO HEALTH RISK, THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, THE HON GRAHAM BARNES, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON LAM WAI-KEUNG THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR BARNES SAID: *IN SEPTEMBER 1990, THE HOUSING ESTATE MANAGEMENT OF KAM HAY COURT IN MA ON SHAN, WHICH IS A HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME PROJECT, INFORMED WATER SUPPLIES DEPARTMENT THAT SOME FLAT OWNERS WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT YELLOW STAINED TAP WATER.

"TESTS SHOWED THAT THE WATER QUALITY DELIVERED TO THE PROPERTY WAS PURE AND CLEAR, THAT IS, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE AREA SUPPLY. THE PROBLEM WAS DEFECTIVE INTERNAL WATER MAINS IN THE BUILDING WHICH RESULTED IN IRON RUST STAINING THE WATER.

HE SAID TESTS OF THE WATER COMING FROM THE TAPS SHOWED THAT THE WATER, ALTHOUGH UNSIGHTLY, POSED NO HEALTH RISK.

/MR BARNES

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