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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1993

OUTCOME OF GOVERNOR'S TREATMENT VERY SATISFACTORY

THE

THAT (WEDNESDAY) A GOVERNMENT HOUSE SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY

HON CHRISTOPHER GOVERNOR, THE RT

PATTEN, ENTERED THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL THIS MORNING FOR TREATMENT FOR A CORONARY DISORDER.

THE TREATMENT,

ANGIOPLASTY (PTCA), WAS

KNOWN

AS PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY CARRIED OUT AT THE LEWIS CATHETERISATION

LABORATORY AND WENT VERY SMOOTHLY.

AND THE TEAM

THE IMMEDIATE OUTCOME

BOTH OF THE OCCLUDED ARTERIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED OF DOCTORS PERFORMING THE TREATMENT DESCRIBED AS VERY SATISFACTORY.

MR PATTEN CAN NOW BE EXPECTED TO MAKE A RAPID RECOVERY.

HE

MR PATTEN WILL REMAIN IN HOSPITAL FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS AND

FOR A WILL REST AT HOME

FURTHER WEEK. THE TREATMENT TOOK ABOUT TWO-AND-A-HALF HOURS UNDER LOCAL ANAESTHETIC.

MRS PATTEN WAS WITH THE GOVERNOR THROUGHOUT.

MR

IS PATTEN

IN GOOD SPIRITS AND HAS WELL-WISHERS WHO HAVE SENT FLOWERS AND MESSAGES.

THE THANKED

MANY

0

-

RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE CEILING TO STAY: FS

* * * * *

MACLEOD, SAID THIS

CENT MORTGAGE COOL THE PROPERTY

THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR HAMISH (WEDNESDAY) MORNING THAT THE GUIDELINE OF 70 PER CEILING FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES HAS HELPED TO MARKET AND TO CURB EXCESSIVE SPECULATION.

THE GUIDELINE WAS INTRODUCED IN NOVEMBER 1991 BY THE BANKING SECTOR WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT.

HOWEVER, MR MACLEOD CAUTIONED THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THE GAINS FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF THIS GUIDELINE WERE NOT THROWN AWAY BY PREMATURE RELAXATION.

HE MADE THESE REMARKS DURING A MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG WHO ASKED FOR RELAXATION OF THE CEILING.

/THE FINANCIAL