Replies to LegCo questions
LCQ17: North Lantau Hospital
Following is a question by the Hon Leung Yiu-chung and a written reply by the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, Dr Yeoh Eng-kiong, in the Legislative Council today (January 15):
Question:
The Administration informed the Panel on Health Services of this Council in January 2000 that the construction of the North Lantau Hospital was anticipated to be completed by 2007. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council of the latest progress of the construction and whether it will be completed on schedule; if not, of the reasons for that?
Reply:
The development of North Lantau New Town is divided into four phases. Phase I and Phase II development which commenced in 1992 and 1994 respectively are scheduled for completion in 2004-05. The Government is reviewing the timing and scope of the remaining phases of the North Lantau development, including the proposed land uses, in the light of the latest forecasts of population growth and housing demand as well as Governments' initiative to build a Logistics Park in North Lantau as announced in the 2003 Policy Address. A site for hospital development will be reserved in North Lantau under this exercise. Once the hospital site is available, we will initiate procedures to secure the funding required for the construction of the hospital as well as proceed with the planning of the hospital. In the meantime, the Hospital Authority will continue to provide medical services to residents in North Lantau through its Kowloon West hospital cluster, which comprises the Princess Margaret Hospital, Caritas Medical Centre, Yan Chai Hospital, Kwong Wah Hospital, Our Lady of Maryknoll Hospital, Wong Tai Sin Hospital and Kwai Chung Hospital.
End/Wednesday, January 15, 2003
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