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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1992

"IT ALSO ENCOURAGES HEALTH PLANNING AT LOCAL LEVEL THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. AS PROVIDES NECESSARY AND TECHNIQUES IN HEALTH PROMOTION, AND IMPROVEMENT OF LIFE HE ADDED.

BASED KNOWLEDGE QUALITY,

ON

CARE

THE SAME SERVICES

DHS CONSISTS OF A NETWORK OF CLINICS LOCATED IN DISTRICT PROVIDING A WHOLE RANGE

OF PRIMARY HEALTH! WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE HOSPITALS IN THE DISTRICT.

EXPLAINING WHY KWUN TONG WAS

CHOSEN FOR THE DR LEE SAID KWUN TONG ALREADY POSSESSED THE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT INTO A CO-ORDINATED NETWORK.

PILOT PROJECT, COMPONENTS FOR

THE

PREPARATORY WORK STARTED LAST YEAR AND THE NGAU TAU KOK JOCKEY CLUB CLINIC WAS CHOSEN AS THE DISTRICT HEALTH CENTRE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE KWUN TONG DHS.

OTHER HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN KWUN TONG UNDER THE DEPARTMENT INCLUDE KWUN TONG JOCKEY CLUB HEALTH CENTRE, LAM TIN POLYCLINIC, SHUN LEE GOVERNMENT CLINIC, YAU TONG FAMILY REALTH SERVICES CENTRE AND YUNG FUNG SHEE MEMORIAL CENTRE.

AS DHS EMPHASISES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, DR LEE SAID A DISTRICT HEALTH COMMITTEE WAS SET UP IN MARCH WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE DEPARTMENT.

"THE COMMITTEE IS WELL REPRESENTED BY VARIOUS SECTORS IN THE DISTRICT WHO WILL WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BETTER HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY," DR LEE SAID,

IN ADDITION, THE COMMITTEE HAD ALSO CO-ORDINATED PRIVATE PRACTITIONERS IN THE DISTRICT TO FORN A NETWORK TO PROMOTE HEALTH EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND TO FACILITATE INFORMATION EXCHANGE.

"THIS NOT ONLY ALLOWS BETTER CONTINUITY OF LARE, AUT ALSO HELPS IN THE MAKING OF COMMUNITY DIAGNOSIS," DR LEF SAID.

DR LEE HOPED THAT THE SUCCESS OF THE PILOT KWUN TONG DIS WOULD FORM AN EXAMPLE OF THE PROJECT WHICH WOULD BE EXTENDED THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.

THE

OTHER GUESTS JOINING DR LEE AT THE OPENING CEREMONY WERE KWUN TONG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR WONG HON-HO: AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD, MR LAM HANG-PAT.

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WAN CHAI FESTIVAL '92

THE FOURTH WAN CHAI FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD FROM OCTOBER NOVEMBER 14 WITH THE THEME "TO LIVE AND WORK BETTER IN WAN CHAI",

TO

ORGANISED BY THE DISTRICT BOARD WITH HELP FROM THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THE TRIENNIAL FESTIVAL FEATURES MORE THAN 20 CULTURAL, RECREATIONAL AND SPORTING EVENTS AT A BUDGET OF OVER $1.5 MILLION.

/HIGHLIGHTS WILL