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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
The Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service (BTS) announced that the Sha Tin Blood Donor Centre will be under renovation works from October 11, 2010 onwards. The Centre will be temporarily relocated to the Function Room of Royal Park Hotel at No. 8 Park Hok Ting Street, Sha Tin (connected with Sha Tin MTR Station and adjacent to New Town Plaza), with normal service hours from noon to 7pm from Mondays to Saturdays and from 1pm to 8pm on Sundays and public holidays. The Centre at the original location at No. 1A Sha Tin Centre Street, Sha Tin, is scheduled to resume public service in late December 2010. The public will be notified in due course.
The temporary blood donor centre at the Royal Park Hotel is spacious and comfortable. It is hoped that blood donors will find the environment enjoyable. The BTS sincerely invites the public to give blood there showing their continuous support to the Sha Tin Blood Donor Centre.
For enquiries about the locations and the service hours of other blood donor centres, the public can call the BTS hotline at 2710 1234 or visit our website at www.ha.org.hk/rcbts.
Ends/Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Issued at HKT 11:25
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