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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1991

THE DIRECTOR ADDED THAT THE PER CAPITA

1989 WHILE

EXPENDITURE

ON HEALTH

WAS ESTIMATED TO BE $3,070 IN

THE PERCENTAGE OF GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT SPENT ON HEALTH WAS ABOUT 3.6 PER CENT.

YEARS,

OVER THE

DR LEE SAID THERE HAS BEEN IMPROVEMENT IN THE GENERAL LEVEL OF HEALTH IN HONG KONG.

CONSIDERABLE

"THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE HIGHLY SATISFACTORY HEALTH INDICES BIRTHS AND THE WITH THE INFANT MORTALITY RATE AT 6.9 PER 1,000 LIVE AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF 80 FOR FEMALES AND 74 FOR MALES,

DR LEE POINTED OUT THAT HONG KONG'S HEALTH CARE BEEN VERY MUCH HOSPITAL-ORIENTED, ADDING THAT THE CONCEPT HEALTH CARE AS THE BASE OF A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND THE OF THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN FULLY APPRECIATED.

申郸

HE SAID.

SYSTEM HAS OF PRIMARY GATE-KEEPER

THE GOVERNMENT, HE SAID, IS COMMITTED то DEVELOPING PRIMARY

HEALTH CARE AND PROVIDING QUALITY HEALTH SERVICES.

A MAJOR DR LEE HAS HIGH HOPE THAT THE DISTRICT HEALTH SYSTEM, RECOMMENDATION IN THE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE REPORT, TO BE IMPLEMENTED

YEAR, COULD PROVIDE A·

ON A PILOT BASIS IN

SOLUTION TO THIS.

TONG KWUN

LATER THIS

REVISED LAND SALES PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED

FURTHER TO WEDNESDAY'S LAND COMMISSION MEETING APPROVING THE RELEASE OF AN ADDITIONAL 5.9 HECTARES OF RESIDENTIAL LAND, PRINCIPAL GOVERNMENT LAND AGENT

THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS

OF

DEPARTMENT,

LAND

ROBERT POPE, ANNOUNCED TODAY (THURSDAY} THE REVISED

PROGRAMME.

MR

SÁLES

MR POPE POINTED OUT THAT THE FIRST SITE, LOCATED IN TAT CHEE AVENUE, WILL BE AUCTIONED IN DECEMBER.

THE REMAINING SITES, SITUATED IN TAI PO AND SHA TIN, SOLD TOWARDS THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR.

WOULD BR

HK'S POPULATION STANDS AT 5.75M

THE ESTIMATED POPULATION OF HONG KONG AT THE END OF JUNE 1991 5,754,800, ACCORDING

FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY).

WAS

1990.

THIS IS AN INCREASE OF 50,300 PERSONS OR 0.9 PER CENT OVER MID- IN MID-1990, THE ESTIMATED POPULATION WAS 5,704,500.

THERE WERE