SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1977
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ANTI-RABIES CAMPAIGN FOR BOAT PEOPLE
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THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WITH THE AID OF THE MARINE POLICE, WILL MOUNT A RABIES AWARENESS CAMPAIGN FOR THE FLOATING POPULATION BETWEEN DECEMBER 6 AND 16.
DURING THIS PERIOD, STAFF OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL TRAVEL ON MARINE POLICE LAUNCHES TO VARIOUS BOAT PEOPLE AREAS WITHIN THE HONG KONG WATERS TO PROVIDE DOG INOCULATION AND LICENSING SERVICES.
POLICE LAUNCHES WILL ALSO VISIT EACH LOCATION THE DAY BEFORE THE VISIT TO CONVEY THE CAMPAIGN MESSAGE THROUGH A PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEM.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE OBJECT OF THE CAMPAIGN WAS TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF THE FLOATING POPULATION OF THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH RABIES AND TO ADVISE THEM OF THE NEED TO VACCINATE AND LICENSE THEIR DOGS.
+RABIES IS A VIRUS DISEASE AFFECTING THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM OF WARM BLOODED ANIMALS, INCLUDING MAN AND DOGS, HE EXPLAINED.
+THE DISEASE IS EXTREMELY PAINFUL AND CAN BE FATAL. ONCE SYPMTOMS DEVELOP, IN MAN OR ANIMALS, THERE IS NO SURE CURE, HE ADDED.
HE ADVISED THE FLOATING POPULATION TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE FORTHCOMING VISITS TO HAVE THEIR DOGS INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES IN THE INTEREST OF THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR PETS.
THE DATES AND PLACES OF VISITS ARE AS FOLLOWS :-
DATE
DECEMBER 6 (TUESDAY)
DECEMBER 7 (WEDNESDAY)
DECEMBER 8 (THURSDAY)
DECEMBER 9 (FRIDAY)
DECEMBER 12 (MONDAY)
DECEMBER 13 (TUESDAY)
DECEMBER 14 (WEDNESDAY)
DECEMBER 15 (THURSDAY)
DECEMBER 16 (FRIDAY)
PLACE
STANLEY, PO TOI, PO TOI O
KAU SAI, LEUNG SHUEN WAN
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ABERDEEN
TAP MUN
SAI KUNG
KAT O
MA WAN, CASTLE PEAK
TAI PO, TAI MEI TUK
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