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People are invited to attend the Hospital Authority (HA) Board Meeting to be held on Thursday (December 22) at 3.30 pm.
HA Board meetings have been open to the public since 1998 to demonstrate the continuous effort of the authority to enhance its transparency and public accountability. The HA Board will hold meetings at regular intervals to discuss major health policy issues which have impact on the public.
Through these open meetings, the community would be able to understand more about the role and functions of the HA Board as well as the operation and services of the HA and its hospitals.
The HA Board will discuss the following agenda items on December 22:
* Update on Hospital Authority¡¦s preparation for influenza pandemic
* Segregation of patients with high risk of having Avian Influenza at Accident and Emergency Departments
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* Chief Executive¡¦s Progress Report
Meeting agenda and papers will be made available to the public at the meeting. Members of the public are reminded that they attend the board meeting only as observers and will not be participating in the meeting discussions. The meeting will be conducted in Cantonese, simultaneous interpretation will not be provided.
People who are interested to attend the board meeting have to make advance booking by contacting the Secretariat of the HA Board at 2300 6797 during office hours. To facilitate booking arrangements, people are advised to provide their name, contact telephone number and correspondence address. In view of the limited seating available in the Public Gallery of the Conference Hall, admission tickets will be distributed on a first-come-first-served basis.
Ends/Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Issued at HKT 18:01
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