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"ANY PATIENT IS FREE TO ASK FOR INFORMATION ABOUT FEES AND ΤΟ GO TO THE DOCTOR OF HIS CHOICE," SHE SAID.

MRS WONG STRESSED THAT IT WAS GOVERNMENT'S POLICY THAT NO ONE WAS DENIED ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR WANT OF MEANS, ADDING THAT THIS WAS COVERED BY SECTION 4(D) OF THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY ORDINANCE.

"WHERE A PATIENT CANNOT AFFORD PRIVATE TREATMENT, GOVERNMENT PROVIDES PUBLIC CLINICS AND HOSPITALS, WHERE THE SUBSIDY TOWARDS THE COST OF TREATMENT IS HIGH AND THE CHARGES ARE LOW AND IN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES MAY EVEN BE WAIVED.'

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MORE STUDENTS WILL STUDY IN THEIR OWN DISTRICTS

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MORE CHILDREN LIVING IN NORTH AND TAI PO DISTRICTS SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES IN THEIR OWN DISTRICTS THIS YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

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PENDING THE COMPLETION OF TWO NEW SCHOOLS ONE IN FANLING THE OTHER IN TAI PO IN DECEMBER THIS YEAR, 320 AND 54 NEW SECONDARY 1 PLACES WILL BE PROVIDED IN TEMPORARY PREMISES IN THESE TWO DISTRICTS RESPECTIVELY.

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY REV THE HON FUNG CHI-WOOD, MR CHAN SAID: "IT IS GOVERNMENT POLICY TO ALLOCATE SECONDARY 1 SCHOOL PLACES ON A TERRITORY-WIDE RATHER THAN ON A DISTRICT BASIS.

"HOWEVER, IN ACTUAL PRACTICE, EFFORTS ARE MADE TO AVOID CROSS-

NET ALLOCATIONS AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.

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HE ADDED THAT THE COMPLETION OF A NEW SCHOOL IN TAI PO AND TWO IN FANLING IN JULY NEXT YEAR WILL IMPROVE FURTHER THE PROSPECTS OF THE STUDENTS OF THE NORTH AND TAI PO DISTRICTS BEING ALLOCATED TO SCHOOLS IN THEIR OWN DISTRICTS IN THE SCHOOL YEAR 1993-94.

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1991 ALLOCATION EXERCISE, 2,220 STUDENTS OF THOSE LIVING IN THE NORTH DISTRICT ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT WHILE 595 ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN TAI PO.

OF THE STUDENTS LIVING IN TAI PO, 3,372 ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT WHILE 97 ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN THE NORTH AND 56 IN THE SHA TIN DISTRICTS.

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