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SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 1977
ANTI-CANCER EXHIBITION STARTS NEXT MONTH
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CANCER DISEASES, WHICH HAVE IN RECENT YEARS TOPPED THE LIST OF LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN HONG KONG, WILL BE FEATURED IN A SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS TO BE HELD IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS DURING APRIL AND MAY.
THE EXHIBITIONS ARE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY AND THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SA INTS, ASSISTED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND A NUMBER OF MEDICAL BODIES.
CANCER AWARENESS '77, AS THE EXHIBITION IS CALLED, WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND WARNINGS AGAINST THE SYMPTOMS OF THE VARIOUS FORMS OF CANCER.
THERE WILL BE FILM SHOWS, SLIDES, PICTURES, MODELS, RECORDINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS TO HELP MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHAT CANCER IS ALL ABOUT.
CREATORS OF THE DISPLAYS ARE MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH TEAM OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. THE TEAM CONSISTS OF SIX YOUNG WOMEN WHO HAVE TAKEN LEAVE FROM THE IF SCHOOLING AND JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES TO COME TO HONG KONG FOR CNE AND HALF YEARS OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY SAID CANCER AWARENESS '77 WAS DESIGNED TO ASSIST THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO PROTECT THEIR HEALTH.
HE EXPLAINED THAT WITH THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TODAY CANCER COULD BE CURED IF ONLY PEOPLE KNEW THE WARNING SIGNS AND SAW A DOCTOR EARLY.
THE ANTI-CANCER CAMPAIGN WILL BEGIN WITH A TWO-DAY EXHIBITION AT CITY HALL ON APRIL 5 AND 6, WHICH WILL THEN MOVE ON TO CAUSEWAY BAY, TSIM SHA TSUI, YUEN LONG, TSUEN WAN, KWUN TONG AND MACAU,
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE WORLD CHRISTIAN FEDERATION, 33 GRANVILLE ROAD, KOWLOON, AT 2 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, WHEN DETAILS OF THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE ANNOUNCED.
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