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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

commissioned a number of studies to forecast demand for port

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 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.

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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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