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before and after any necessary hospital

treatment; and

a number of general clinics based on the

needs of the population of the area

providing both out-patient and general

public health services.

Such a regional organisation can be achieved around the

existing four major hospitals (Queen Mary, Kwong Wah, Queen

Elizabeth and Princess Margaret). There will therefore initially

be four regions served by these hospitals respectively:.

(a)

Hong Kong Island;

(b.)

West Kowloon;

(c.)

East Kowloon and East New Territories; and

(a) West New Territories.

However, with the anticipated movement of population it will be

appropriate at a later stage to establish a fifth region to serve

East New Territories separately. The need to take similar action

in relation to the Tuen Mun area will be kept under review but for

the present it is considered likely that the needs of the area will

be most effectively served in connection with the needs of the area

around Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung. The plan at Appendix 1 indicates

the areas of the five regions which are envisaged.

5.5

The administration of each hospital region should ideally

be conducted from its own individual administrative regional

headquarters office. It is however intended that initially the

administration of regions should be dealt with from the three

offices which presently deal with the regionalised health services.

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