TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1977
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CANCER AWARENESS '77 EXHIBITION OPENED
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THE FULLEST UNDERSTANDING BY THE PUBLIC OF THE PRESENT STATE OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE ON THE CAUSE AND MEANS OF TREATING CANCER WILL GREATLY ASSIST IN THE PREVENTION AND THE SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF THE DISEASE IN ITS EARLY STATE.
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICE, DR. K. CRAIG, SAID THIS WHEN HE OPENED THE CANCER AWARENESS '77 EXHIBITION AT CITY HALL THIS MORNING.
HE SAID HE CONSIDERED THE EXHIBITION TO BE A MOST IMPORTANT HEALTH EDUCATION PROJECT, SINCE CANCER IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS NOW ACCOUNTS FOR MOST OF THE DEATHS IN HONG KONG EACH YEAR.
DR. CRAIG SAID THE ELIMINATION FROM FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT OF CARCINOGENIC SUBSTANCES WAS UNDER CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE BY THE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED.
+HOWEVER, IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYONE OF US TO ENSURE THAT, INDIVIDUALLY, WE TAKE ACTION TO AVOID KNOWN CANCER ASSOCIATED HABITS, SUCH AS CIGARETTE SMOKING, AND LEARN TO DETECT AND REPORT TO A DOCTOR THE SUSPECTED ONSET OF THE DISEASE IN OUR OWN BODIES SO THAT IT CAN BE DIAGNOSED AND TREATED AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE MOMENT,+ HE SAID.
+THIS IS WHAT CANCER AWARENESS 1977 IS ALL ABOUT AND I EARNESTLY ENTREAT YOU TO TAKE EVERY ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT CANCER AND TO ENSURE THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FRIENDS ARE BETTER ARMED TO COMBAT THE DISEASE, HE ADDED.
DR. CRAIG PAID TRIBUTE TO THE HONG KONG ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY AND THE INTERNATIONAL HEALTH TEAM OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, WHO JOINTLY ORGANISED THE SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS WHICH WILL BE HELD IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS OF HONG KONG THROUGHOUT APRIL AND MAY.
THE EXHIBITIONS ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND WARNING AND SYMPTOMS OF THE VARIOUS FORMS OF CANCER. THERE ARE FILM SHOWS, SLIDES, PICTURES, MODELS, RECORDINGS AND ILLUSTRATION TO HELP MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHAT CANCER IS ALL ABOUT,
THE EXHIBITION AT CITY HALL WILL LAST TWO DAYS. IT WILL THEN MOVE ON TO OTHER AREAS: CAUSEWAY BAY BETWEEN APRIL 13-15, TSIM SHA TSUI APRIL 20-23, YUEN LONG APRIL 27-30, TSUEN WAN MAY 4-7 AND KWUN TONG MAY 18-21. A SIMILAR EXHIBITION WILL ALSO BE HELD IN MACAU BETWEEN APRIL 8-10,
NEW ADDRESS FOR TSUEN WAN SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT *****
THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT'S TSUEN WAN SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD UNIT WILL MOVE FROM ITS PRESENT ADDRESS IN SHEK LEI ESTATE TO 101-106, BLOCK 1, GROUND FLOOR, LEI MUK SHUE ESTATE ON THURSDAY (APRIL 7).
THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF THE FIELD UNIT ARE 12-235842 AND 12-203994.