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On Health the Government's recurrent spending will grow to $25.8 billion.
The improvements include -
For the elderly
5 new nursing homes with 1,200 beds
Enhancement of the general out-patient service and An additional community geriatric assessment team
669 additional hospital beds
Enhancement of the specialist out-patient services in 2 hospitals
A new general out-patient clinic
A new maternal and child health centre
A new chest clinic
A new oral maxillofacial and dental unit
Strengthening of the Student Health Service
Extension of the District Health System to Hong Kong Island
Strengthening of the pharmaceutical service for the control of the use of drugs
Strengthening of the enforcement of food regulations
Setting up of a port health unit and a food inspection unit at Chek Lap Kok airport.
On education the Government's recurrent spending will grow to $38.1 billion.
"By spending more, we are able to make improvements in respect of a number of programmes on basic education," Mr Kwong said. These include -
For Primary education
improving the ratio of students to guidance teachers reducing class size an additional 350 graduate teachers converting 26 more schools to whole-day teaching
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