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Public Hospitals with an Established Department

of Psychiatry and Psychiatric In-patient Facilities

Castle Peak Hospital

Kwai Chung Hospital

Lai Chi Kok Hospital

Kowloon Hospital

Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital

Prince of Wales Hospital

Queen Mary Hospital

Shatin Hospital

Tuen Mun Hospital

United Christian Hospital

Annex

Distribution of household income in Hong Kong

Following is a question asked by the Hon Lau Chin-shek and a written reply by the Secretary for Financial Services, Mr Rafael Hui, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday):

Question:

Will the Government inform this Council:

(a)

(b)

(c)

of the current Gini coefficient reflecting the distribution of wealth in the territory according to the data obtained from the 1996 Population By-

census;

assuming that all households in the territory are equally divided into ten groups according to their income, of the respective ratios of the total income of the various groups to the territory's total household income; and

whether consideration will be given to publishing the median household income and the above ratios in the quarterly reports of the General Household Survey?