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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1994

"THIS CONSTITUTES 2.38 PER CENT AND 0.74 PER CENT OF ALL MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS RESPECTIVELY," MRS WONG ADDED.

OF THE 59 GENERAL OUT-PATIENT CLINICS RUN BY THE DEPARTMENT HEALTH, 54 WERE FULL-TIME CLINICS AND FIVE PART-TIME.

OF

HOURS.

FULL-TIME CLINICS OPERATE 11 SESSIONS A WEEK WITH A TOTAL OF 39

PART-TIME CLINICS RUN BETWEEN THREE TO FIVE SESSIONS PER AND THE TOTAL OPERATING HOURS RANGE FROM SIX TO 12 HOURS PER WEEK.

WEEK

IN ADDITION, EVENING CLINIC AND SUNDAY AND PUBLIC HOLIDAY CLINIC SERVICES OPERATE FROM 18 AND EIGHT OF THE FULL-TIME CLINICS

RESPECTIVELY.

THE

IN TERMS OF GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION, MRS WONG SAID 11 OF GENERAL

KOWLOON, OUT-PATIENT CLINICS WERE ON HONG KONG ISLAND, 18 IN 17 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES EAST AND 13 IN THE NEW TERRITORIES WEST.

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*NO CONVICTION' CONDITION TO DISAPPEAR FROM JOB AD

THE

THE GOVERNMENT WILL DELETE FROM ITS FUTURE RECRUITMENT NOTICES CONDITION THAT APPLICATIONS FROM CANDIDATES WITH CRIMINAL RECORD WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR MICHAEL SZE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MICHAEL HO, MR SZE SAID THIS FOLLOWED A REVIEW BY THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH AND WOULD BETTER IMPLEMENT THE GOVERNMENT'S OVERALL POLICY ON EMPLOYMENT OF PEOPLE WITH PREVIOUS CONVICTION RECORDS.

"IT IS OUR GENERAL POLICY THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE A LEAD IN EMPLOYING EX-PRISONERS AND PERSONS CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES AND SHOULD DO SO WHERE THIS IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE PUBLIC INTEREST," HE SAID.

"THE AIM IS TO RE-INTEGRATE THESE PEOPLE INTO THE COMMUNITY,"

HE ADDED.

MR SZE NOTED THAT APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERED ON THE MERITS OF INDIVIDUAL CASES.

SHOULD BE

THESE INCLUDE THE GENERAL CHARACTER AND CANDIDATE, HIS RECORD BEFORE AND AFTER THE OFFENCE FOR WHICH HE WAS CONVICTED AND WHETHER THE OFFENCE IS OF A KIND THAT WOULD UNSUITABLE FOR THE DUTIES OF THE POST INVOLVED.

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