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FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1977
ANTI-CANCER CAMPAIGN
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A MONTH-LONG ANTI-CANCER CAMPAIGN IS TO BE LAUNCHED IN APRIL TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC WHAT CANCER -- HONG KONG'S NUMBER ONE KILLER DISEASE IS ALL ABOUT.
THE CAMPAIGN, IN THE FORM OF EXHIBITIONS, IS JOINTLY SPONSORED BY THE HONG KONG ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY AND THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, ASSISTED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND A NUMBER OF MEDICAL BODIES.
CANCER AWARENESS '77, AS THE CAMPAIGN IS TO BE CALLED, DEALS WITH THE VARIOUS FORMS OF CANCER, PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND WARNING SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HONG KONG ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY SAID THAT USING THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE TODAY CANCER COULD BE CURED IF ONLY PEOPLE KNEW THE WARNING SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS AND SAW A DOCTOR EARLY.
+EARLY DETECTION AND TREATMENT BRINGS ABOUT A FAR GREATER CHANCE OF CURE, AND THIS IS WHAT WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE IN THIS CAMPAIGN,+ HE ADDED.
CANCER AWARENESS '77 WILL ASSIST THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO PROTECT THEIR HEALTH. BY USING MOVIES, SLIDE SHOWS, PICTURES, MODELS, RECORDINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS, IT WILL TEACH BASIC HEALTH PRINCIPLES CONCERNING CANCER AND ALSO WAYS TO HAVE A BASICALLY HEALTHY LIFE STYLE.
THE CAMPAIGN WILL BEGIN ON APRIL 5, WITH AN EXHIBITION AT CITY HALL. THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF APRIL, EXHIBITIONS WILL BE HELD AT TSIM SHA TSUI, KWUN TONG, CAUSEWAY BAY, TSUEN WAN AND YUEN LONG.
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