Press Release

Extended clinic hours for Lunar New Year Holidays

January 31, 2000

The Department of Health (DH) announced that the opening hours of the Department of Health's (DH's) 11 Public Holiday Clinics will be extended to the afternoons during the Lunar New Year Holidays.

The new opening hours of the clinics are:

• 4 February 2000 (Friday) - from 9 am to 1 pm and from 2 pm to 5 pm
• 5 February 2000 (Saturday) - from 9 am to 1 pm and from 2 pm to 5 pm
• 6 February 2000 (Sunday) - from 9 am to 1 pm only
• 7 February 2000 (Monday) - from 9 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm

A spokesman for DH today (Monday) urged members of the public to make full use of the Public Holiday Clinics, particularly the extended afternoon sessions, in order to avoid unnecessary queuing at the accident and emergency departments of public hospitals during the holidays.

DH's 11 Public Holiday Clinics are:

Hong Kong Island

• Violet Peel Health Centre
  Southorn Centre, 1/F, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai (Tel. 2835 1767)
• Shau Kei Wan Jockey Club Clinic
  Chai Wan Road, Shau Kei Wan (Tel. 2560 0211)

Kowloon

• Kwun Tong Jockey Club Health Centre
  457 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong (Tel. 2389 0331)
• Robert Black Health Centre
  600 Prince Edward Road East, San Po Kong (2383 3311)
• Yau Ma Tei Jockey Club Polyclinic
  145 Battery Street, Yau Ma Tei (Tel. 2388 5858)

New Territories

• Lek Yuen Health Centre
  Lek Yuen Estate, Sha Tin (Tel. 2692 8730)
• Shek Wu Hui Jockey Club Clinic
  Jockey Club Road, Shek Wu Hui (Tel. 2670 0211)
• Tai Po Jockey Club Clinic
  37 Ting Kok Road, Tai Po (Tel. 2664 2039)
• Lady Trench Polyclinic
  213 Sha Tsui Road, Tsuen Wan (Tel. 2492 0271)
• Tuen Mun Clinic
  11 Tsing Yin Street, San Hui (Tel. 2459 6401)
• Yuen Long Jockey Club Health Centre
  269 Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long (Tel. 2476 0221)

The spokesman said: "The extension of the opening hours of the Public Holiday Clinics is part of a series of service improvements being implemented in DH's general out-patient clinics to better serve members of the public."

Members of the public can obtain details on the Public Holiday Clinics by dialing DH's 24-hour Hotline 2833 0111 or visiting DH's Homepage http://www.info.gov.hk/dh/useful/gopc/holiday.htm.