TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1977
FIRST DISTRICT RABIES AWARENESS CAMPAIGN STARTS TOMORROW
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A SERIES OF RABIES AWARENESS CAMPAIGN WILL BE MOUNTED THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES STARTING TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY) AT SHAU KEI WAN.
STATING THIS TODAY (TUESDAY), SENIOR VETERINARY OFFICER OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, MR. H. L. ROBERTSON EXPLAINED THAT THE OBJECT OF THE CAMPAIGNS WAS TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH RABIES AND TO ADVISE THE PUBLIC OF THE NEED TO VACCINATE AND LICENSE THEIR DOGS.
+ THE RECENT DEATH FROM RABIES OF A GURKHA SOLDIER IN HONG KONG AFTER HE HAD BEEN BITTEN BY A DOG IN NEPAL DRAWS ATTENTION TO THE VERY SERIOUS NATURE OF THIS DISEASE.
+DESPITE THE FACT THAT THIS WAS AN IMPORTED CASE AND THAT IT WILL NOT ENDANGER THE LOCAL POPULATION, THE GENERAL PUBLIC MUST BE MADE AWARE OF THIS DISEASE AND OF THE NEED TO HAVE THEIR DOGS VACCINATED AND LICENSED. HE ADDED.
ORGANIZED BY THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT, THE FIRST ANTI-RABIES DISTRICT DRIVE WILL BE HELD BETWEEN WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY (MAY 4 AND 6) IN SHAU KEI WAN.
TO ENABLE SHAU KEI WAN RESIDENTS TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISEASE, LEAFLETS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED GIVING A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF RABIES AND THE CONTROL MEASURES UNDERTAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT THE RE-INTRODUCTION OF RABIES INTO HONG KONG.
THESE MEASURES INCLUDE THE CONTROL OF STRAY DOGS, STRICT QUARANTINE OF IMPORTED ANIMALS AND THE VACCINATING AND LICENSING OF LOCAL DOGS.
A DOG VAN WILL TOUR SHAU KEI WAN AND STAFF WILL USE A PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM TO CONVEY THE CAMPAIGN MESSAGE TO THE RESIDENTS.
DURING THE PERIOD, THREE TEMPORARY DOG INOCULATION CENTRES WILL BE SET UP TO MAKE IT EASY FOR DOG OWNERS TO TAKE THEIR DOGS FOR INOCULATION AND LICENSING. IN ADDITION, ALL UNWANTED DOGS CAN ALSO BE TAKEN TO THESE CENTRES FOR DISPOSAL.
THESE CENTRES ARE LOCATED AT:
1. JUNCTION OF SHAU KEI WAN ROAD AND TAI ON STREET (AT SIDE OF
SAI WAN HO MARKET)
2. 306-310, SHAU KEI WAN ROAD,
(AT SIDE OF HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORP.)
3. JUNCTION OF KAM WAH STREET AND SHAU KEI WAN MAIN STREET EAST
(IN FRONT OF KAM WAH STREET REST GARDEN NEAR TRAM TERMINUS)