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MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1977
REINFORCED RABIES PREVENTION MEASURES
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NORMAL PREVENTIVE MEASURES AGAINST THE OCCURRENCE OF RABIES IN HONG KONG ARE TO BE REINFORCED FROM NEXT WEEK WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF COMBINED OPERATIONS BETWEEN DOG LICENSING, INOCULATION AND CONTROL TEAMS.
THESE COMBINED OPERATIONS WILL BE CARRIED OUT DISTRICT BY DISTRICT, STARTING IN SHAU KEI WAN ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 4.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED TODAY THAT THE COMBINED OPERATIONS HAD BEEN PLANNED SINCE THE START OF THIS YEAR.
THE PROGRAMME HAD BEEN DRAWN UP AND FINALISED LONG BEFORE THE RECENT DEATH, AT THE BRITISH MILITARY HOSPITAL OF A GURKHA SOLDIER WHO HAD CONTRACTED RABIES IN NEPAL.
+ALTHOUGH WE ARE SATISFIED THAT THE CASE CONCERNED WAS A RARE AND ISOLATED EXAMPLE, WHICH POSES NO THREAT OF INFECTION FOR THE POPULATION AT LARGE, IT HAS HELPED TO REMIND THE POPULACE OF THE EVER-PRESENT DANGER THAT RABIES MAY BE RE-IMPORTED INTO HONG KONG,+ COMMENTED THE SPOKESMAN.
+OUR CBJECT, IN REINFORCING PREVENTIVE MEASURES THROUGH COME INED OPERATIONS ON A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT BASIS, IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THIS DANGER AND TO CO-OPERATE ..ITH US IN TAKING EVERY POSSIBLE PRECAUTION TO AVOID IT.+
NOTE TO EDITORS:
A PRESS CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT 10.30 A.M. NEXT TUESDAY, *("AY 3) IN THE G.1.5. THEATRE TO EXPLAIN THE RABIES PREVENTIVE
EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN DETAIL. YOU ARE INVITED TO SEND PEPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE PRESS CONFERENCE.