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FEE RISE REPORTS DENIED
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1993
(WEDNESDAY) THAT
FOR
FEES
HEALTH AND
COMMENTING
PRESS REPORTS TODAY ON THIRD-CLASS BEDS IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS WOULD BE GRADUALLY INCREASED FROM THE PRESENT $43 A DAY TO $430 A DAY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE WELFARE BRANCH SAID THIS WAS INCORRECT.
UNNECESSARY
HE SAID THE REPORTS, IF NOT CORRECTED, WOULD CAUSE ALARM AS WELL AS PERPETUATE MISUNDERSTANDING AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
THE REPORTS ALSO DISTORT THE TRUE CONTENTS OF A CONSULTATION DOCUMENT ON HEALTH CARE DUE TO BE TABLED IN THE NEXT WEDNESDAY (JULY 14). FOLLOWED BY A
CONSULTATION.
LEGISLATIVE THREE-MONTH
COUNCIL PUBLIC
IN
"IN FACT, THE DOCUMENT TAKES STOCK OF CURRENT HEALTH SERVICES AND OFFERS A NUMBER OF OPTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMUNITY
BUILDING ON THE ORDER TO MEET FUTURE NEEDS OF OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, SOUND FOUNDATION OF THE EXISTING ONE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
COPIES OF THE DOCUMENT WILL BE AVAILABLE AT ALL DISTRICT OFFICES, PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND CLINICS.
NO
MEANS
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO REAFFIRMED THAT THE EXISTING POLICY THAT ONE SHOULD BE DENIED ADEQUATE MEDICAL TREATMENT THROUGH LACK OF WOULD REMAIN PARAMOUNT.
86,069 STUDENTS ALLOCATED $1 SCHOOL PLACES
IN
ALL PRIMARY SIX STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SYSTEM HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED SECONDARY ONE PLACES GOVERMENT, AIDED OR PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
STUDENTS,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID 86, 069 INCLUDING 3,781 (4.39 PER CENT) WHO HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING DISCRETIONARY PLACES, APPLIED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
ACCORDING
OF THE TOTAL 41,418 (48.12 PER CENT) WERE ALLOCATED THEIR FIRST CHOICE AND 60,966 (70.83 PER CENT) ACCORDING TO THEIR FIRST THREE CHOICES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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*ALL PLACES ALLOCATED ARE THREE-YEAR PLACES FOR WHICH NO TUITION FEES WILL BE CHARGED, BE ADDED.
IN ADDITION, 11 STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE JOINED THE DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME.
ALLOCATION RESULTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM PRIMARY SCHOOLS ON FRIDAY (JULY 9).
/STUDENTS SHOULD
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