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37.
To ensure that the port of Hong Kong provides the facilities necessary to maintain and enhance the Territory's world trading position, the Hong Kong Government
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infrastructure and to translate these into development programmes. The Port Development Board was established in August 1990 and is studying all aspects of the programme. new container terminal began full operation in November 1990, and planning is well advanced for the timely provision of two or more terminals. Further port development has been planned for the western waters of the Territory and will be the subject of detailed development studies beginning in early 1991 which will take port planning well into the next
century.
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38. There were significant developments on four fronts in the Territory's medical and health services. These were hospital services, primary health care, Chinese medicine, and the establishment of an Academy of Medicine.
39. The statutory Hospital Authority was established on 1 December 1990. It will take over the management and control of public hospitals in 1991, with a view to improving the quality and efficiency in the delivery of hospital services. Meanwhile, the Hong Kong Government are examining the feasibility of developing medical insurance so as to promote greater freedom of choice for patients.
40. The working party set up in August 1989 to review Hong Kong's primary health care services presented its report in December 1990. It recommended a wide range of measures to improve the quality of primary health care, building on the existing infrastructure. The Hong Kong Government are
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