XN000022-1991-12-03 — Page 6

- 5

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1991

"BUT THE CHALLENGES WHICH LFE AHEAD ARE, IF ANYTHING, MORE DAUNTING THAN THOSE WHICH HAVE FACED THE AUTHORITY DURING THE PLANNING STAGE," HE ADDED.

MAKE

THE GOVERNOR PAID A WARM TRIBUTE TO ALL WHO HAD WORKED HARD ΤΟ THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY A REALITY.

"A SPECIAL WORD OF THANKS IS DUE TO SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG WHO HAS ADDED LAUNCHING THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY TO HIS MANY OTHER NOTABLE SERVICES TO THIS COMMUNITY.

NOW

"DECEMBER 1, 1991 WAS A MAJOR LANDMARK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONG KONG'S HOSPITAL SERVICES. THE COMMUNITY'S HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS ARE A CHALLENGE WHICH I KNOW THE AUTHORITY WILL MEET, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

||

-

NEW ERA IN PUBLIC HOSPITAL SERVICES BEGINS

**

THE

THE TASK OF THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY IS TO INTRODUCE UP-TO-DATE MANAGEMENT METHODS AND A NEW CORPORATE CULTURE ΤΟ TRANSFORM PUBLIC HOSPITALS INTO MORE CARING AND MORE EFFECTIVE INSTITUTIONS.

THESE REMARKS WERE MADE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, SIR S.Y. CHUNG, AT A CEREMONY THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON ΤΟ MARK THE AUTHORITY'S FORMAL ASSUMPTION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PUBLIC HOSPITAL SYSTEM AND THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA IN HONG KONG'6 HOSPITAL SERVICES.

THE CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE WITH THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, OFFICIATING.

GUESTS WHO ATTENDED THE CEREMONY INCLUDED MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNING BODIES AND HOSPITAL GOVERNING COMMITTEES OF THE PUBLIC HOSPITALS, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AS WELL AS VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY. STAFF REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL PUBLIC HOSPITALS WERE ALSO PRESENT.

ADDRESSING THE CEREMONY, SIR S.Y. SAID ΤΟ ACHIEVE THE ABOVE OBJECTIVE, THE AUTHORITY INTENDED ΤΟ CREATE A PARTNERSHIP OF ALL THOSE INVOLVED THE PATIENTS, THE STAFF, THE AUTHORITY BOARD AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

ITS

NOT

ALL

"RESULTS WILL NOT BE EASY TO ACHIEVE, AND WILL CERTAINLY HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT WITH THE GOODWILL AND CO-OPERATION OF CONCERNED, I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE SHALL SUCCEED IN OUR AIM TO PROVIDE QUALITY HOSPITAL CARE FOR ALL OUR PATIENTS, HE SAID.

HE ADDED THAT A FIRM FOUNDATION HAD BEEN LAID FOR THE WORK TRANSFORMING OUR ALREADY GOOD HOSPITALS INTO AN EVEN BETTER SYSTEM.

OF

/SIR S.Y.