SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1976
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HEALTH EXHIBITIONS
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS TO HOLD TWO EXHIBITIONS ON DIARRHOEAL DISEASES THIS MONTH TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF THE PUBLIC TO THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE.
THE FIRST EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD ON JULY 7 AND 8 AT THE COMMUNITY HALL OF THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE AT CHING TAK STREET, KOWLOON. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER EXHIBITION TO BE STAGED AT THE CHAI WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE ON THE ISLAND BETWEEN JULY 13 AND 16.
ON DISPLAY WILL BE SLIDES, PICTURES, DIAGRAMS AND CHARTS ILLUSTRATING THE VARIOUS METHODS OF PREVENTING DISEASES SUCH AS TYPHOID FEVER, DYSENTERY, FOOD POISONING AND HEPATITIS, WHICH ARE MORE PREVALENT IN THE WARM SUMMER MONTHS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE SHORT FILMS TO SHOW HOW PEOPLE CAN PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST THESE DISEASES BY OBSERVING THE SIMPLE RULES OF PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE.
HEALTH INSPECTORS, HEALTH VISITORS AND INOCULATORS WILL BE ON DUTY TO GIVE HEALTH ADVICE TO PEOPLE ATTENDING THE EXHIBITIONS.
THE EXHIBITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTRACT A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO WILL SHORTLY FINISH THEIR EXAMINATIONS. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE MADE FOR SCHOOLS SHOULD THEY WISH TO ORGANISE GROUP VISITS TO THE EXHIBITIONS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE INCIDENCE OF GASTRO-INTESTINAL DISEASES HAS REMAINED NORMAL SO FAR THIS YEAR, AND ADVISED THE PUBLIC TO TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES TO PREVENT POSSIBLE OUTBREAKS IN THE SUMMER SEASON.
NOTE TO EDITORS: YOU ARE WELCOME TO HAVE THE TWO EXHIBITIONS
COVERED.
SPECIAL CENTRES FOR COLLECTION OF WATER CHARGES
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TEMPORARY COLLECTION CENTRES WILL BE SET UP BY THE TAIPO DISTRICT OFFICE IN SHEUNG SHUI AND FANLING FOR THE COLLECTION OF WATER CHARGES FOR THE FIRST PERIOD OF THIS YEAR.
THE SHEUNG SHUI COLLECTION CENTRE WILL BE LOCATED AT THE SHEUNG SHUI PUBLIC ENQUIRY CENTRE AT SHEK WU HUI AND WILL OPERATE ON JULY 12 AND 13.
THE OTHER CENTRE WILL BE AT THE FANLING RURAL COMMITTEE OFFICE AT LUEN WO HUI AND WILL OPERATE ON JULY 14 AND 15.
THE CENTRES WILL BE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO 1 P.M.