XN000022-1994-05-18 — Page 32

17

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1994

J

HE POINTED OUT THAT SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS, AND OTHER INTERNAL COMPLAINTS, WERE DEALT WITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH DEPARTMENTAL COMPLAINT PROCEDURES DRAWN UP WITH REFERENCE TO GUIDELINES ISSUED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE BRANCH.

"THESE PROCEDURES ARE WIDELY PROMULGATED AMONG STAFF. THEY SET OUT THE STEPS IN MAKING COMPLAINTS AND ENSURE THAT THE PROCEDURES ARE FAIR, SIMPLE, DIRECT AND SPEEDY.

"SENIOR OFFICERS AT DIRECTORATE LEVEL ARE NORMALLY DESIGNATED

AS THE STAFF COMPLAINT OFFICERS IN DEPARTMENTS.

**IN ADDITION, DEPARTMENTS ARE ENCOURAGED ΤΟ DESIGNATE MORE STAFF COMPLAINTS OFFICERS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS TO FACILITATE AND DEAL WITH STAFF COMPLAINTS.

"THE AIM IS TO FACILITATE COMPLAINTS TO BE MADE AND TO ENABLE OBJECTIVE INVESTIGATIONS WITH PROMPT FOLLOW-UP ACTION, INCLUDING DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS ON CONCERNED STAFF IF COMPLAINTS ARE SUBSTANTIATED, HE SAID.

**

MR SZE SAID THE

ADMINISTRATION HAD THESE PROCEDURES, IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HUMAN REFORMS AND BELIEVED THEY GENERALLY WORK WELL.

RECENTLY REVIEWED RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

"BUT

WE RECOGNISE THAT SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS ARE OF A VERY SPECIAL AND SENSITIVE CATEGORY AND SEPARATE GUIDELINES ON HOW ΤΟ DEAL WITH SUCH COMPLAINTS MAY BE USEFUL. WE ARE PURSUING THIS,"

SZE SAID.

MR

0

GOVT COMMITTED TO FIGHT CANCER

THE HOSPITAL AUTHORITY HAD IDENTIFIED CANCER AS ONE OF THE PRIORITY HEALTH AREAS WITH AN AIM TO REDUCE THE OVERALL MORTALITY ARISING FROM THE DISEASE AND TO PROVIDE A MORE HOLISTIC TYPE OF CARE, THE SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY

(WEDNESDAY).

CHEN-YA

IN HER WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HUANG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MRS WONG SAID THE AUTHORITY HAD FORMULATED PLANS TO OPEN AN ADDITIONAL 6,000 BEDS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THIS WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL 3,500 HEALTHCARE STAFF FOR ALL PATIENT GROUPS.

IN ADDITION, THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HAS GRANTED A DONATION OF $350 MILLION TO REDEVELOP THE INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL WITH MODERN FACILITIES EQUIPMENT BY 1996 TO MEET INCREASING DEMAND.

AND

THE INSTITUTE TREATED SOME 12,800 CANCER PATIENTS IN THE THREE YEARS.

PAST

/SHE SAID