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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1992

PLAN,

THE AIRPORT MASTER

BY SEQUENCING THE RECLAMATION, TOGETHER WITH THE CAREFUL LOCATION OF THE VARIOUS STRUCTURES, HAD DEVELOPED A SCHEME WHICH MINIMISED DELAYS FROM SETTLEMENT AND ENABLED THE EARLY CONSTRUCTION OF STRUCTURES REQUIRED FOR AIRPORT OPENING, HE SAID.

"IT

SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE MAIN TERMINAL BUILDING, RAILWAY STATION, CONTROL TOWER AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES WILL BE ERECTED ON CHEK LAP KOK ISLAND ITSELF, NOT ON THE RECLAMATION.

"ONLY THE RUNWAYS AND OTHER STRUCTURES SUCH AS THE MAINTENANCE AREA AND AIR CARGO HANDLING AREA, WILL BE WITHIN THE RECLAIMED AREA, HE SAID.

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MR BLAKE POINTED OUT THAT AREAS OF RECLAMATION WOULD BE MONITORED BY MEASURING INSTRUMENTS AND SURVEY TECHNIQUES WHICH WOULD ENABLE ENGINEERS TO COMPARE SETTLEMENTS WITH THOSE PREDICTED AND THIS WOULD DETERMINE THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE COMMENCEMENT OF CONSTRUCTION WORK WITHIN THOSE AREAS.

ON THE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO BE TAKEN BY THE ADMINISTRATION TO ASSURE THAT THE AIRPORT WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE SETTLEMENT OF THE FILL, MR BLAKE SAID: "SETTLEMENTS WILL BE WITHIN THE ACCEPTABLE TOLERANCES FOR THE TYPES OF STRUCTURE, INCLUDING THE RUNWAYS, ΤΟ BE BUILT ON THE AREAS OF THE RECLAMATION,

H

TWO-TIER MECHANISM TO MONITOR COMPLAINTS

AGAINST HOSPITALS

THE

MECHANISM

HOSPITAL AUTHORITY (HA) IS OPERATING A TWO-TIER ΤΟ MONITOR THE HANDLING OF PUBLIC COMPLAINTS BY VARIOUS HOSPITALS UNDER ITS MANAGEMENT, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, S.H. LEE, SAID.

·

DR

IN

A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ZACHARY WONG WAI- YIN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), DR LEE SAID OFFICERS WERE DESIGNATED IN HOSPITALS AND IN HA HEAD OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT PUBLIC COMPLAINTS WERE HANDLED PROMPTLY AND THOROUGHLY.

"THERE IS ALSO A PUBLIC COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE COMPRISING MEMBERS OF THE HA BOARD AND OTHER NON-OFFICIALS TO CONSIDER APPEAL CASES WITH IMPARTIALITY AND INDEPENDENCE,'

++ HE SAID.

AND ΤΟ

"THE HA FURTHER MONITORS THE SITUATION THROUGH ITS PATIENT COMMUNITY RELATIONS COMMITTEE TO DETECT PERSISTENT TRENDS RELATING A CERTAIN HOSPITAL OR SPECIALTY AND ΤΟ IDENTIFY ANY UNDERLYING PROBLEMS.

"TO THIS END, INDIVIDUAL HOSPITALS ARE REQUIRED то SUBMIT MONTHLY STATISTICAL REPORTS ON PUBLIC COMPLAINTS FOR ANALYSIS AND

COLLATION."

/THE AUTHORITY