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HMDAC welcomes the setting up of Health Care and Promotion Fund
The Health and Medical Development Advisory Committee (HMDAC) is pleased to learn that the Government has decided to establish an $80 million Health Care and Promotion Fund, the Chairman of HMDAC, Dr David Fang, said today (Wednesday).
The Chairman noted that the fund would be used to finance health promotion, prevention of disease and research. It would also be used to help patients with rare diseases.
Dr Fang said: "Prevention is always better than cure.
"I am pleased that Government recognises the importance of giving more attention to the avoidance of injury, disease and disability through adequate public education and publicity. The establishment of the Fund is a positive step in this direction," he added.
Dr Fang said the HMDAC was looking forward to being briefed in detail about the workings of the Fund at its next meeting and hoped that the Fund would be able to begin operating soon.
Dr Fang also commented on the Government's proposals to increase the number of first-degree nursing places, to improve the quality of teaching and to employ more health care assistants to take over nurses' non-professional duties.
He said: "Government's nursing initiatives are a welcome measure. They will benefit the profession by improving the training of nurses and their career development, and benefit patients by raising their quality of care."
End/Wednesday, March 1, 1995
Quality Week to promote awareness of quality
The Industry Department is organising a Quality Week in March to promote the awareness of quality and the application of quality management systems in Hong Kong.
"This is the second time that Quality Week is held following the success of the first Quality Week programme in 1994. We intend to make this an annual event," the Assistant Director-General of Industry, Mr Brian Tyler, said today (Wednesday).
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