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FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1993
"THE DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED TO SERVICE AND DUE EMPHASIS IS ALSO ATTACHED INSTALLATION OF NEW FACILITIES SO AS TO KEEP TECHNOLOGY," DR LEE SAID.
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DEVELOPING FURTHER THIS ΤΟ STAFF TRAINING AND PACE WITH ADVANCES IN
THE DIRECTOR SAID ONE NEW DERMATOLOGY CENTRE
IN CENTRAL KOWLOON LATER THIS YEAR.
WOULD
BE OPENED
HE SAID: "NEW AND SOPHISTICATED INSTRUMENTS IN DERMATOLOGY LIKE LASERS, PUVA MACHINES HAVE ALSO BEEN PROVIDED) IN DERMATOLOGY CLINICS.
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THE DEPARTMENT IS PROVIDING CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION AND SUPERVISED TRAINING PROGRAMME IN FAMILY MEDICINE FOR DOCTORS IN THE GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINICS (GOPD).
DR LEE HOPED THAT THE GOPD DOCTORS WITH IMPROVEMENT IN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS COULD HELP EASE SOME OF THE WORKLOAD IN THE SKIN CLINICS.
"THIS WILL ALLOW DERMATOLOGISTS TO CONCENTRATE THEIR RESOURCES TO DEVELOP FURTHER THE SPECIALITY AREA,
" HE ADDED.
ON LEPROSY, DR LEE SAID THERE HAD BEEN A GRADUAL FALL IN THE NUMBER OF INCIDENCE DURING THE LAST THREE DECADES.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ATTENDANCES IN THE DEPARTMENT'S SKIN CLINICS WAS MORE THAN 8,000 WITH ONLY 26 NEW LEPROSY CASES REPORTED IN 1991.
THE THREE COMMON SKIN DISEASES ENCOUNTERED IN HONG KONG ARE ECZEMA, VERRUCA AND TINEA.
AS FOR STD, THE DIRECTOR NOTED THAT THERE WERE ABOUT 10,000 NEW CASES DIAGNOSED AT THE DEPARTMENT'S SOCIAL HYGIENE CLINICS IN 1991.
WARTS,
THE INCIDENCE OF MOST COMMON STD SUCH AS GONORRHOEA, GENITAL HERPES GENITALIS AND SYPHILIS HAVE STEADILY DECLINED, HE ADDED.
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RECLAMATION FOR NEW POWER STATION AUTHORISED
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THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL HAS GIVEN AUTHORISATION FOR CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY TO CARRY OUT RECLAMATION AND DREDGING AT BLACK POINT, TUEN MUN, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW THERMAL STATION.
THE AUTHORISATION WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).
WORKS POWER
/A GOVERNMENT
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