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The East Kowloon Polyclinic Phase I is due to open soon and this will be followed by Phase II which should be completed in 1979/80.

A further 2 clinics will be provided in this area within the next 5 years

Planning for a health centre in East Kowloon which will provide 210 beds is under way and this project is due for completion in 1980/81.

Discussions are also procceding with a view to providing an extra 330 beds for convalescence and chronic patients within the Tung Wah Group

of Hospitals.

In the longer term, an additional proposal for a general hospital in the East Kowloon area which will provide 1,000 beds is under consideration,

In the West Kowloon area, 2 existing clinics will be reprovisioned and expanded within the next 5 years.

As for the New Territories, the rapidly growing areas are the new towns of Shatin, Tuen Mun, Kwai Chung/Tsuen Wan.

In Shatin the medical facilities in the pipeline consist of a general hospital providing 1,400 beds which incorporates the teaching facilities for

A polyclinic and 2 the new Medical Faculty of the Chinese University. general clinics are also scheduled to be completed within the next 5 years.

In the Tuen Mun area a general hospital providing 1,200 beds is scheduled to be built in 1983/84 and will be supported by a polyclinic which will be developed in 2 phases.

In the Tsuen Wan/Kwai Chung area a further 3 general clinics are planned for completion in conjunction with the urban development plans for the area, namely, Lei Muk Shue in 1979; Ha Kwai Chung in 1981/82 and Tsing Yi in 1985,

In addition to these developments within the Government hospital and clinic system, there are also plans for expansion in Government-assisted hospitals.

With a grant of $14 million in capital subvention, the construction of the Caritas Medical Centre extension project with an anticipated provision of 600 beds is in progress and work is expected to be completed in 1978.

In order that the Kwong Wah Hospital may be upgraded to a full regional hospital, it is essential that services such as clinical pathology,

physiotherapy, occupational therapy, improved X-ray services, together with an addition of 40 beds for orthopaedic cases should be provided. All these services will be incorporated in the new clinical pathology building, construction of which will commence this year.

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