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CONFIDENTIAL

PREFACE

In March 1973 the Government appointed the Medical

Development Advisory Committee (MDAC) with the following terms of

reference:

'To keep under continuous review and to advise

on the development and phased implementation of

medical and health services in Hong Kong having

regard to all factors which would determine the

progress of expansion including financial, the

rate of building construction and the availability

of qualified staff, and on the principles of subvention."

At that time the period covered by the 1964 White Paper

on Medical and Health Services was coming to an end. The Committee

were therefore given also the following special remit:

'Having regard to the fact that the targets of

the 1964 White Paper for the Medical and Health

Services have been largely achieved, to advise on

what programmes of improvement and expansion would

be appropriate over the next 10 years in the

circumstances of Hong Kong, and for this purpose

to recommend:

(a) the general standards to be achieved by

1983;

(b) the priorities, both functional and

(c)

geographical of the major projects

necessary to achieve these standards;

the phasing of such projects over the

period 1973-82, with estimates of annual

increased needs for staff, buildings and

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