Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion said in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday that the government expects a health centre in Rua da Praia do Manduco and another one in Coloane’s Seac Pai Van public housing estate to come into service in 2020.
Lei made the remarks when answering questions from several lawmakers, on the last day of a two-day Q&A session about the Social Affairs and Culture portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.
Delivering an introductory speech on the first day of the two-day Q&A session on Monday, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said that the government would build a health centre in Rua da Praia do Manduco and a health centre in Coloane’s Seac Pai Van public housing estate, and was also planning to build two health centres in the new land reclamation area off the north-eastern coast of the peninsula officially known as Zone A, in addition to the eight existing eight health centres in the city.
Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion speaks during yesterday’s plenary session in the Legislative Assembly (AL). Courtesy: TDM
