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MONDAY, JULY 12, 1976
EXHIBITION ON DIARRHOEAL DISEASES
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THE SECOND EXHIBITION ON DIARRHOEAL DISEASES, ORGANISED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WILL BEGIN TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT THE CHA WAN COMMUNITY CENTRE. IT WILL LAST FOUR DAYS.
THE FIRST EXHIBITION HELD ON JULY 7 AND 8 AT THE WONG TAI SIN COMMUNITY CENTRE ATTRACTED MORE THAN 4,000 VISITORS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAID THAT RESPONSE TO THE FIRST EXHIBITION HAD BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING, ESPECIALLY FROM SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS GROUPS. THE SECOND EXHIBITION IS EXPECTED TO ATTRACT EVEN MORE VISITORS.
LIKE THE FIRST ONE, THE SECOND EXHIBITION WILL FEATURE 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 STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE IN THE PREVENTION OF THESE DISEASES AND HEALTH VISITORS AND INOCULATORS WILL BE ON HAND TO GIVE ADVICE AND ANSWER QUERIES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE INCIDENCE OF GASTRO- INTESTINAL DISEASES HAD REMAINED NORMAL SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE ALL POSSIBLE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT POSSIBLE OUTBREAKS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
WATER INTERRUPTION ON HK ISLAND
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WATER SUPPLY TO A NUMBER OF PREMISES IN CHAI WAN AND THE REPULSE BAY AREA WILL BE TURNED OFF FOR FIVE HOURS STARTING FROM 1 A.M. ON WEDNESDAY (JULY 14) TO ALLOW THE WATERWORKS OFFICE TO CARRY OUT LEAKAGE TESTS.
IN CHAI WAN, THE AREA AFFECTED IS BOUNDED BY BLOCK 1-15 CHA I WAN ESTATE, SAN HA STREET, TAI PING VILLAGE, CALTEX PETROL FILLING STATION AND SUN YIP STREET.
IN THE REPULSE BAY AREA, PREMISES BOUNDED BY SOUTH BAY ROAD, BEACH ROAD, HOUSE NO. 58 REPULSE BAY ROAD AND REPULSE BAY LOT 167 ON REPULSE BAY ROAD ARE AFFECTED.