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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1994

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CROSS BORDER CHANNELS SUCCESSFUL IN RESOLVING DISPUTES

BORDER

THE HONG KONG AND SHENZHEN AUTHORITIES HAVE ESTABLISHED

ΤΟ DEAL WITH LIAISON CHANNELS WHICH CAN BE ACTIVATED VERY QUICKLY

MR JOHN CROSS BORDER INCIDENTS, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, TELFORD, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MRS SELINA CHOW,

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MR TELFORD SAID THESE CHANNELS WERE USED SUCCESSFULLY IN HELPING RESOLVE A DISPUTE THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

MR TELFORD SAID: "WE ARE AWARE OF TWO SUCH INCIDENTS HONG KONG DRIVERS AND CHINESE OFFICIALS SO FAR THIS YEAR.'

HAVE BEEN

HE SAID THE DISPUTE

RESOLVED ON THE SPOT.

ON

UNDERSTOOD MARCH 26 THIS YEAR WAS

ΤΟ

INVOLVING

TO

TO CONTINUE

USE THE ENSURE THAT SIMILAR

MR TELFORD SAID THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ESTABLISHED BORDER LIAISON CHANNELS TO TRY TO PROBLEMS WOULD NOT ARISE IN FUTURE.

COULD ALSO JSSUES AT THEIR

HE SAID REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY EXPRESS

ON CROSS BORDER TRANSPORT THEIR CONCERNS REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.

WHERE APPROPRIATE, THESE CONCERNS WILL BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE ΤΟ REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FUTURE MACHINERY LIAISON MISUNDERSTANDINGS, HE SAID.

BORDER

PSYCHOGERIATRIC TEAMS PROVIDE OUTREACH SERVICES

IN

DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS, 2,340 PATIENTS WERE SERVED BY THE PSYCHOGERIATRIC OUTREACHING TEAMS SET UP BY THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY

FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THREE OF ITS HOSPITALS, THE SECRETARY ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MRS

THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF PATIENTS SERVED

EACH WEEK WAS

ABOUT

730.

CONRAD

LAM

SAID

AND

ONE

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON KUI-SHING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MRS WONG

PSYCHIATRIST EACH PSYCHOGERIATRIC TEAM WAS LED BY A CONSULTANT COMPRISED UP TO THREE DOCTORS, THREE NURSES, ONE PHYSIOTHERAPIST,

AND UNE MEDICAL OCCUPATIONAL

ONE CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST THERAPIST,

SOCIAL WORKER.

TO

AND OUTREACH

THE

THE INTERFACE BETWEEN HOSPITAL FACILITATE SERVICES, SHE ADDED, SOME TEAM MEMBERS WERE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR TREATMENT OF IN-PATIENTS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE HOSPITALS.

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