XN000022-1993-03-27 — Page 2

SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1993

MRS PATTEN OPENS CHILDREN'S CASUALTY CUBICLE

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MRS PATTEN TODAY (SATURDAY) OPENED A CHILDREN'S CUBICLE IN ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF THE QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL ITS FIRST OPEN DAY.

THE

ON

WHICH

HEALTH AND

THE CUBICLE WAS DECORATED BY THE CHILDHEALTH FOUNDATION IS A NON-PROFIT MAKING TRUST AIMING TO UPGRADE CHILD PAEDIATRIC SERVICES IN HONG KONG.

"TO MOST OF US, AND IN PARTICULAR STRANGE, STARK PLACES.

CHILDREN, HOSPITALS

ARE

"WE HOPE THAT WHEN CHILDREN SEE THE NEWLY DECORATED CUBICLE, THEIR FEARS ABOUT GOING TO HOSPITAL WILL BE LESS WILL RESPOND TO THE WARMTH AND CARE OF THE HOSPITAL STAFF, SAID.

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CASUALTY AND THEY MRS PATTEN

NOTING THAT THE OPEN DAY MARKED A TURNING POINT OF QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, MRS PATTEN SAID WOULD IMPROVE PEOPLE'S UNDERSTANDING OF PUBLIC

DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES SERVICES.

ACUTE

QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL IS THE FIRST PUBLIC THAT MY HUSBAND VISITED IN HONG KONG IN AN OFFICIAL CAPACITY.

IN THE TODAY'S HOSPITAL

HOSPITAL

"WE ARE BOTH VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE MARVELLOUS IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE AND THE ENVIRONMENT THE HOSPITAL, SHE SAID.

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OF

CONCERN OVER CEMENT PLANT POLLUTION

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ABOUT 80 RESIDENTS FROM THE TSING YI GREENFIELD GARDEN PETITIONED THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) HEADQUARTERS THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING ABOUT THE AIR AND NOISE NUISANCES MADE BY A CEMENT PLANT NEXT TO THEIR HOMES.

MR FRED TROMP, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE FOR AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION, AND OTHER OFFICIALS HAD THEM WHICH LASTED AN HOUR AND A HALF.

SAID

EPD

RESPONSIBLE

A MEETING WITH

RESIDENTS OF

AT THE MEETING, THE REPRESENTATIVES GREENFIELD GARDEN HAD SUFFERED FROM SERIOUS AIR AND NOISE NUISANCES AND SOME HAD DEVELOPED NOSTRIL ILLNESS CAUSED BY DUST EMITTED FROM THE CEMENT PLANT.

THEY SUGGESTED EPD SET UP LONG-TERM MONITORING STATIONS AROUND THE PLANT FOR MORE EFFECTIVE SURVEILLANCE ON THE EXTENT OF POLLUTION.

MR TROMP INDICATED THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAD ALL ALONG OBJECTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GREENFIELD GARDEN RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX FOR ITS CLOSE LOCATION TO THE EXISTING CEMENT PLANT.

/IN RESPONSE