HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL -15 March 1989 香港立法局 —————————一九八九年三月十五日
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hospitals. So in the shorter term, Sir, I would hope to look into the question of the internal arrangements within regional hospitals for distribution of beds between different specialties, and perhaps other methods.
MR. MARTIN LEE: May I disclose my interest first as a director of Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital before I ask the next supplementary. Will the Government consider enlarging the subventions to these four hospitals: Nam Long Hospital, Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital, Haven of Hope Hospital and the United Christian Hospital, so that they can expand their hospice care services?
SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE: Sir, subject to the availability of resources, I will certainly consider that.
Working level exchanges between the Chinese and Hong Kong Governments
6. MR. BARROW asked: Sir, will Government inform this Council of the nature, frequency and progress of the very useful working level exchanges between the Chinese and Hong Kong Governments; and whether there are any specific plans for such exchanges in future?
CHIEF SECRETARY: Sir, the nature and frequency of working level exchanges with the Chinese Government varies greatly. There are almost daily meetings by Border Liaison Officials from police, Customs and Immigration Department with their opposite numbers in Shenzhen to discuss matters as diverse as traffic congestion to smuggling of endangered species. This is augmented by a telephone link for urgent communication.
Almost every branch or department in Hong Kong has contacts with its counterparts in China. These are very numerous. To give only one example in 1988 officials from the Lands and Works Branch made 18 visits to China to discuss matters such as Hong Kong's water supply or to exchange information on tides.
Many of these exchanges, such as the Joint Working Group on Road Traffic Links, meet regularly and are organized under the umbrella of the border liaison review system. Perhaps most important of these is the joint working group on controls and entry/exit points which meets quarterly and deals with all matters
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