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51.

1991

will

be

It will see the

the integration of

Hospital Authority;

a landmark year in the health field.

establishment of the Academy of Medicine;

public and subvented hospitals into the

initiatives from the Primary

and new

Health Care Working Party. These are all investments in the

long-term health of our community.

52.

Some

of

these changes involve

а

fundamental

But if we can

re-building

of the medical and health system.

meet the challenge, we will soon see an end to camp-beds, to

long queues at clinics

and to many other unsatisfactory

features of our present system. By the year 2000, there

will be accessible, district-based hospitals run efficiently

and cost-effectively

by the Hospital

international

standards

of

specialised medical

more

extensive use of

Authority;

training;

preventive health care; and a wider

choice of higher quality medical services for all the people

of Hong Kong at prices they can afford.

53.

(a) Social welfare

I

have already referred, in the context of

inflation,

to

the importance of our social security system.

The fact that benefit levels are regularly reviewed to

/maintain