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SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1974
IN A REFERENCE TO PERSONAL HYGIENE, HE EXPLAINED THAT WHEN THIS WAS TAKEN SERIOUSLY INTO ACCOUNT BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IT AMOUNTED TO +A PROTECTIVE MEASURE NOT ONLY AGAINST CHOLERA, BUT ALSO OTHER INTESTINAL DISEASES SUCH AS TYPHOID AND DYSENTERY.+
HE RECALLED THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO LOCAL CASE OF CHOLERA SINCE 1969, BUT WITH SUHMER NOW HERE, IT WAS +NECESSARY TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE NEED FOR MORE EMPHASIS ON PROTECTIVE MEASURES.+
+PEOPLE GET CHOLERA BY TAKING IN THE VIBRIO CARRIED FROM THE WASTE OF INFECTIOUS PERSONS TO EXPOSED FOOD AND WATER, AND FLIES AID IN THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE, HE SAID.
IN ADDITION TO INCREASED ATTENTION BEING PAID BY URBAN COUNCIL AND URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HEALTH INSPECTORS AND THE PORT HEALTH AUTHORITIES TO REGIONAL FOOD IMPORTS AND TRAVELLERS, DEPARTMENTAL PREVENTIVE MEASURES ALSO INCLUDE MEASURES ALREADY IN HAND TO LOCATE AND PUT UNDER IMMEDIATE SURVEILLANCE, OR EVEN TO HOSPITALISE CARRIERS OF THE DISEASE, THE TESTING OF NIGHT SOIL AND STOOL CULTURES, AND SAMPLES OF ALL CASES OF DIARRHOEA THAT COME TO LIGHT.
CHOLERA VACCINATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FREE AT ALL GOVERNMENT CLINICS AND VACCINATION CENTRES FOR INTENDING TRAVELLERS.
GOVERNOR TO VISIT TOY FACTORY
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL BE VISITING A TOY FACTORY TOMORROW (MONDAY). HE WILL SEE MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS AT KADER INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD., 24 TANNER ROAD, NORTH POINT. THE FIRM MAKES VARIOUS PLASTIC PRODUCTS AS UELL AS Tors.
SIR MURRAY WILL BE ARRIVING AT THE FACTORY AT 2.35 P.M., AND WILL BE MET BY MR. H.C. TING, PERMANENT MANAGING DIRECTOR
HE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY MR. ROY AND OTHER COMPANY OFFICIALS. PORTER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, AND MR. K.H. YEUNG, PRINCIPAL TRADE OFFICER, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BRANCH.
NOTE TO NEWS EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT.
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