HC Deb 14 July 1977 vol 935 cc252-3W
Mr. Sims

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the plans for the establishment of a medical school in Hong Kong and for new hospitals.

Mr. Luard

The Hong Kong Government propose to establish a second medical school as part of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, linked to a new 1,400-bed teaching hospital to be built at Shatin. It is planned that the school should receive its first intake of 60 students in 1981, building up to an annual intake of 100 in 1983. In addition to the new hospital at Shatin there are plans for a 1,300-bed psychiatric hospital in West Kowloon to be completed in 1979; a 1,200-bed hospital at Tuen Mun to be completed in 1986 and a 500-bed psychiatric hospital on Hong Kong Island, to be completed in late 1980s.

Mr. Sims

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the plans of the Hong Kong Government in terms of expenditure and

1966–67 1976–77 1980–81
University of Hong Kong 2,066 4,029 5,264
Chinese University of Hong Kong 2,069 4,119 4,738
Hong Kong Polytechnic 4,741 7,230
Total 4,135 12,889 17,232