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$million
(at 1998-99 prices)
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Education
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2,120
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- Enhancing the use of information technology by strengthening teacher
training, engaging contract technical services and providing over 100
IT Co-ordinators
- Upgrading a further 1 640 teaching posts in primary schools to graduate status
- Supplementary grant to schools to support school-based management
- Around 170 additional teachers in primary schools to enhance library
services and implement Reading Schemes
- Commissioning 15 new secondary schools and operating 31 more
primary schools on whole-day basis
- Relaxing the criteria for full grants and meeting increased demand
under various financial assistance schemes
- Additional schools joining the Direct Subsidy Scheme
- Over 40 additional Student Guidance Teachers in primary schools
- Providing subject training to 600 in-service teachers in Music and Art
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Health
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1,020
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- 853 additional hospital beds
- For the elderly, 6 integrated elderly health centres, 6 visiting health
teams and 40 geriatric day places
- 40 psychiatric day places
- A team of 62 staff to strengthen the control and prevention of infectious diseases
- 30 additional staff for enhancing food safety control and 23 additional staff
for improved control of imported and local livestock and poultry
- Enhancing the standard of dispensing service in public clinics
- Enhancing drug safety through increased testing of drugs in circulation
- Additional support for the regulation, practice, use and trading of
traditional Chinese medicine
- A new general out-patient clinic and a skin clinic in Cheung Sha Wan
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Social Welfare
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3,470
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- Meeting increases in demand under the various social security schemes,
particularly the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance Scheme
- For the elderly, an additional 2 467 residential places, including subvented
and bought places, 14 social centres, 2 day care centres, 4 multi-service
centres, 4 dedicated support teams and an expanded and upgraded home
help service to deliver domiciliary care and meal services
- For people with a disability, an additional 240 residential places and
290 day places
- For children, an additional 1 765 day nursery places, 7 occasional child
care service units, 7 child custody workers and 16 child protection workers
- An additional 30 pre-school places for children with a disability
- An additional 29 family caseworker units to strengthen family support
services and 6 additional medical social workers
- 5 additional probation officers to strengthen services for offenders
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Security
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970
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- 71 additional police officers to strengthen law and order and general
policing
- 30 additional staff in Fire Services Department for improving building
fire safety and dangerous goods control
- 49 additional ambulance staff to strengthen emergency ambulance service
- 153 additional firemen to enhance fire fighting capabilities and for
two new fire stations
- 124 additional staff in Immigration Department to reinforce visa control
and right of abode processing capabilities
- 79 additional immigration and customs staff to facilitate the extension of
operation hours at Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau Control Points
- 16 additional staff for providing customs clearance at the River Trade
Terminal in Tuen Mun
- 9 additional staff in Correctional Services Department for strengthening
rehabilitation services for young offenders
- 6 additional ICAC staff to strengthen capabilities in financial investigation
and computer forensics and research
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