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MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1977
ANTI-CANCER EXHIBITION MOVES TO KOWLOON
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CANCER AWARENESS '77
AN EXHIBITION DESIGNED FOR THE PUBLIC TO LEARN ALL ABOUT CANCER -- WILL MOVE ON TO THE DENSELY POPULATED AREAS OF KOWLOON AFTER A SUCCESSFUL RUN OK HONG KONG ISLAND.
THE EXHIBITION HAS PROVED TO BE IMMENSELY POPULAR WITH SOME 30,000 RESIDENTS TURNING UP AT CITY HALL AND QUEEN'S COLLEGE TO SEE THE DISPLAYS EARLIER THIS MONTH.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS IN KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, SIMILAR EXHIBITION WILL BE HELD IN VARIOUS DISTRICTS DURING THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS -- AT TSIM SHA TSUI KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN APRIL 20 AND 23, YUEN LONG TOWN HALL BETWEEN APRIL 27 AND 30. TSUEN WAN PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE BETWEEN MAY 4 AND 7, AND KWUN TONG VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE BETWEEN MAY 18 AND 21.
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CANCER AWARENESS '77 IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ANTI-CANCER SOCIETY AND THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST CF LATTER-DAY SAINTS, AND ASSISTED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND A NUMBER OF MEDICAL BODIES.
THE EXHIBITION IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON THE PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND WARNING AND SYMPTOMS OF THE VARIOUS FORMS OF CANCER, WHICH IS HONG KONG'S NUMBER ONE KILLER DISEASE.
THERE ARE 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, WHICH CONSISTS OF SIX YOUNG WOMEN WHO HAVE TAKEN LEAVE FROM THEIR SCHOOLING AND JOES IN THE UNITED STATES TO COME TO HONG KONG FOR ONE-AND-A-HALF YEARS OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE.
ADMISSION TO THE EXHIBITION IS FREE, AND THE ORGANISERS WILL BE ON HAND TO EXPLAIN AND DEMONSTRATE THE VARIOUS ITEMS OF EXHIBITS.
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