XN000022-1992-12-14 — Page 7

MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1992

HE SAID THE HEALTH PROGRAMME WOULD BE OFFERED AT HEALTH CENTRES AT STRATEGIC LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY FOR ELDERLY AGED 65 AND ABOVE AND THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE SET UP IN EARLY 1994.

WHILE NOTING THAT THERE WAS PRESENTLY A GAP IN THE PROVISION OF PREVENTIVE CARE SERVICES TO THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN, THE DIRECTOR SAID THESE WOMEN WERE VULNERABLE TO DISEASES SUCH AS CANCER OF THE BREAST AND CERVIX.

"WHEN DETECTED THROUGH SCREENING, THESE DISEASES HAVE A BETTER CHANCE OF CURE,' DR LEE SAID.

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"TO CATER FOR THEIR NEEDS, WE WILL BE SETTING UP WELL-WOMAN CLINICS, TARGETED AT WOMEN AGED 45 AND ABOVE WITH THE FIRST ONE ESTABLISHED AT THE LAM TIN POLYCLINIC BY END 1993."

TURNING TO ORAL HEALTH CARE, DR LEE STRESSED THAT IT WAS AN ESSENTIAL AND INSEPARABLE COMPONENT OF TOTAL HEALTH.

HE SAID A LARGE-SCALE ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION PRE-SCHOOLERS WOULD BE LAUNCHED NEXT FEBRUARY.

CAMPAIGN FOR

THE PRESENT SIX SCHOOL DENTAL CLINICS NOW SERVING 400,000 PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL ALSO BE GIVEN ADDITIONAL MANPOWER IN A BID TO PROVIDE BETTER FOLLOW-UP CARE FOR THESE CHILDREN.

IN ADDITION, ΤΟ ENSURE CONTINUITY OF CARE AND то SUSTAIN SCHOOL CHILDREN'S ORAL HEALTH STATUS, DR LEE SAID DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG DENTAL ASSOCIATION WERE UNDER WAY REGARDING THE INTRODUCTION OF A TRANSFER SCHEME FOR STUDENTS LEAVING THE SCHOOL DENTAL CARE SERVICE.

DR LEE ADDED THAT A PILOT SCHEME WOULD BE ESTABLISHED IN ONE OF THE HOSPITAL DENTAL UNITS ΤΟ PROVIDE CURATIVE CARE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL ORAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS.

CONTRACT SIGNED FOR AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACT FOR THE

THE CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFICE OF

THE DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) AWARDED A $59.75 MILLION CONSTRUCTION OF A SEAWALL AND FOR RECLAMATION AT CHA KWO LING, ADJACENT TO THE FORMER OIL DEPOT.

THE WORKS INCLUDE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 720-METRE-LONG VERTICAL SEAWALL AND THE RECLAMATION OF ABOUT FOUR HECTARES OF LAND, WHICH WILL PRIMARILY BE USED AS A PUBLIC CARGO WORKING AREA (PCWA).

THE WORKS FORM PART OF THE KAI TAK AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHICH WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT PARKING BAYS TO COPE WITH INCREASING TRAFFIC DEMAND.

THE RECLAMATION WORK CAN PROVIDE LAND FOR THE RELOCATION THE PRESENT KOWLOON BAY PCWA TO MAKE WAY FOR AIRCRAFT PARKING BAYS.

OF

/THE CONTRACT