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Mr President, the amendments proposed in the Bill are essential to provide an effective regulatory framework for the introduction of local fixed network competition. With Members' assistance I would very much hope that this Bill can be enacted before 30 June when the Hong Kong Telephone Company's monopoly expires.

Mr President, I beg to move.

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Hospital Authority.Annual Report 1993-94

Following is the speech by the Secretary for Health and Welfare, Mrs Katherine Fok, on the Hospital Authority Annual Report 1993-94 in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Mr President.

It is my pleasure to present this Council with the Hospital Authority Annual Report covering the period from 1 April 1993 to 31 March 1994.

The reporting period covered another year of progress and vigorous developments for the Hospital Authority. Great strides have been made towards the devolution of administrative responsibilities, the nurturing of a patient-centred culture of service and the development of a close partnership with the community.

Continuous quality improvement remains the guiding principle adopted by the Hospital Authority in planning its service initiatives. Through the concept of clustering and networking, each hospital within the same geographical region is now functioning with a distinctive clinical role to support one another in enhancing the efficiency of service delivery. The new management structure with clear lines of accountability, better responsiveness to changing demands and greater emphasis on the needs of patients has been put into place. The Authority also appointed a Chief Executive with effect from 1 January 1994 to oversee the full range of its activities and to pave way for further rationalization of the staffing structure in the Head Office.