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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1993

ESSENTIAL MEDICAL SERVICES MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES

CORE STAFF, INCLUDING NURSING STAFF, ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT FOR DUTY ACCORDING ΤΟ THE SCHEDULED ROSTER DRAWN UP BY BACH HOSPITAL DURING A TYPHOON SITUATION, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MICHAEL HO IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MRS WONG SAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL GUIDELINES OF THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY, ESSENTIAL SERVICES SUCH AS INPATIENT AND ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES.

OTHER SERVICES SUCH AS OUT-PATIENT CLINICS ARE NORMALLY CLOBED WHEN TYPHOON SIGNAL NO. 8 IS HOISTED.

ON WHY SOME NURSES OF THE UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL WERE ADVISED TO GO OFF DUTY WHEN TYPHOON SIGNAL NO. 8 WAS HOISTED, MRS WONG EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS BECAUSE THE STAFF REMAINING WOULD BE ADEQUATE TO MEET OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

"IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ALL THESE NURSES LIVED IN NURSE QUARTERS WHICH WERE WITHIN THE HOSPITAL COMPOUND," SHE SAID.

"THIS ARRANGEMENT AFFECTED NEITHER THE OPERATION OF THE HOSPITAL NOR THE SAFETY OF THE STAFF CONCERNED."

THE HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT HAS HELD LIAISON MEETINGS WITH STAFF TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION PARTICULARLY DURING EMERGENCY SITUATION, MRS WONG ADDED.

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LEGCO UPDATED ON STOLEN VEHICLE FIGURES

THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR

ASPREY, TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID SO FAR THIS YEAR, 1,722 VEHICLES THAT HAD BERN REPORTED STOLEN WERE RECOVERED, INCLUDING 24 RETURNED FROM CHINA.

LAST YEAR, 3,771 VEHICLES WERE RECOVERED, INCLUDING SIX RETURNED FROM CHINA. IN 1991, 4,309 WERE RECOVERED, INCLUDING 34 RETURNED FROM CHINA.

THE NUMBERS OF VEHICLES REPORTED STOLEN IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR AND IN 1991 WERE 3,649, 6,916 AND 6,354 RESPECTIVELY.

THE FIGURES WERE GIVEN IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION THE HON ALLEN LEE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY.

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