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63. The capital cost of the medical project is of the order of $41m. for the school and that of the associated hospital and Polyclinic already in the MDAC programme is of the order of . $159m.

64.

The medical project could if absolutely necessary be implemented in phases by limiting the student intake for Phase I to 50 and the hospital to half the number of beds. The Phase I capital order of cost of this would be $27m: for the Medical School and $103m. for the hospital.

65. The total capital cost of the dental project is estimated at $39m. of which $18m. would be the capital cost of the Dental School itself and $21m. the cost of the associated treatment clinic.

66. In order to develop a Medical School at CUHK it would be necessary to operate a number of special procedures including a fully earmarked grant, and to monitor progress very closely. It would also be necessary to maintain tight building schedules both by the University and by P.W.D.

67. The only practicable alternative is to put the whole of the medical as well as the dental development at H.K.U. The capital cost of medical development at H.K.U. would be about $46m. as compared with the capital cost of a CUHK Medical School of about $41m. Apart from costs there are educational disadvantages in placing both developments at HKU and it is not recommended..

68. The alternative of full development at HKU could also have serious and irreversible effects on the Department of Medical & Health Services by a relatively severe reduction of promotion prospects to senior posts.

69. It is not possible to keep the CUHK development of a Medical School to the 1982 target date: but a ten-year target from a Government decision to go ahead should be possible.

Financial summary - orders of costs - capital

70. The assumptions are:

(a) that medical pre-clinical capital expenditure could

be started in late 1975 and be completed by 1977;

(b) that there will be no serious impact of dental pre-

clinical capital expenditure;

(c) that medical clinical capital expenditure will start

in 1978 and end in 1982;

(d) that dental clinical capital expenditure will start

in 1977 and end in 1980.

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