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2.Five general out-patient clinics are being transferred to the Hospital Authority in 2001-02 under a pilot scheme.
3.The remaining clinics will be transferred in phases in the next few years.
4.Of these cases, 97.5 per cent were referred by the Labour Relations Division of the Labour Department after unsuccessful conciliation attempts.
5.Non-emergency ambulance services were transferred to the Hospital Authority in October 1995, and in April 1997 the Auxiliary Medical Service took over the non-emergency ambulance service originating from private hospitals, the Social Welfare Department and Department of Health for the whole territory.
6.Plans are in hand to transfer the operation of general out-patient clinics from the Department of Health to the Hospital Authority to promote family-medicine based practice, enhance the integration of primary and specialist care and provide a training ground for family-medicine based practice.
