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SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1977
ANTI-RABIES INOCULATION
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THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT THE FINAL ROUND OF ITS ANTI-RABIES INOCULATION OPERATION FOR HONG KONG ISLAND AT CHAI WAN, SHEK O AND STANLEY NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY, JULY 4 AND JULY 5,
SINCE THE CURRENT RABIES AWARENESS CAMPAIGN STARTED IN MAY THIS YEAR, THE DOG INOCULATION TEAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT HAVE CARRIED OUT A TOTAL OF SIX DISTRICT INOCULATION CAMPAIGNS COVER ING SHAU KEI WAN, QUARRY BAY, NORTH POINT, TAI HANG, CAUSEWAY BAY, HAPPY VALLEY, WAN CHAI, CENTRAL, MID-LEVELS, SHEUNG WAN, WESTERN, KENNEDY TOWN, ABERDEEN AND WONG CHUK HANG.
IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS ENDING JUNE 30, ABOUT 12,000 DOGS HAVE BEEN IMMUNISED AGAINST RABIES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT DISCLOSED TODAY.
HE SAID, +AFTER THE IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME IS COMPLETED ON HONG KONG ISLAND, WE WILL MOVE ON TO KOWLOON, THEN TO THE NEW TERRITORIES AND THE OUTLYING ISLANDS.+
DURING THE TWO-DAY OPERATION AT CHAI WAN, SHEK O AND STANLEY, THREE TEMPORARY DOG INOCULATION AND LICENSING CENTRES WILL BE SET UP IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
1. JUNCTION OF CHAI WAN ROAD AND WAN TSUI ROAD (OPPOSITE
CHAI WAN BUS TERMINUS) =
2. SHEK O BUS TERMINUS-
3. JUNCTION OF STANLEY MARKET ROAD AND STANLEY NEW STREET
(NEAR STANLEY BUS TERMINUS).
THESE CENTRES WILL BE OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M. DAILY.
DOG OWNERS IN THESE AREAS ARE ADVISED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE IR PETS INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES.
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