TNAG-0655-FCO40-804-Development-of-medical-and-health-services-in-Hong-Kong-1977 — Page 68

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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

for WRITTEN answer on 7 April 1977.

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The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by

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Mr Dan Jones (Burnley): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what are the plans for expanding and improving the existing medical services and introducing new services to meet the changing demands of the community in Hong Kong.

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The Hong Kong Government's plans include the following:-

(a) the completion of three new major hospitals, a

further five clinics, one health centre and three

poly-clinics by 1983-84;

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(c)

the regionalisation of medical and health services

to ensure a more efficient use of hospital beds and

other facilities;

the establishment of a dental training school and a

second medical school by 1980 and 1981 respectively;

(d) the completion of a third nurse training school by 1981; and

(e) the opening, as necessary, of additional methadone

maintenance and detoxification clinics for the

treatment of drug addicts.

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