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MONDAY, MAY 1, 1978
THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THESE PROTECTIVE MEASURES ARE EFFECTIVE NOT ONLY AGAINST CHOLERA BUT OTHER INTESTINAL DISEASES SUCH AS TYPHOID AND DYSENTERY.
+PEOPLE GET CHOLERA BY TAKING IN THE VIBRIO CARRIED FROM THE WASTE OF INFECTIOUS PERSONS TO EXPOSED FOOD AND WATER, AND FLIES AID IN THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE, HE ADDED.
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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, WILL ADDRESS A GATHERING AT A SWITCH-ON CEREMONY TOMORROW (TUESDAY) TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF THE FIRST VILLAGE STREET LIGHTING SCHEME IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THE $76,000 SCHEME IN MUI WO, THE FIRST OF THE SEVEN LIGHTING PROJECTS FOR VARIOUS RURAL AREAS, WAS COMPLETED LAST MARCH TO SERVE THE TWIN VILLAGES OF TAI TE TONG AND LUK TE TONG ON LANTAU ISLAND.
THE CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT 6.30 P.M. AT TAI TEI TONG VILLAGE.
ALSO OFFICIATING WILL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF HEUNG YEE KUK, MR. CHAN YAT-SAN AND VICE-CHAIRMEN MR. CHEUNG YAN-LUNG AND MR. TSANG LIN.
A LION DANCE ORGANISED BY THE LOCAL RURAL COMMITTEE WILL PRECEDE THE SWITCH-ON CEREMONY WHICH WILL BE PERFORMED BY MR. CHAN.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER AND/OR PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE EVENT MARKING THE OPENING OF THE FIRST VILLAGE STREET LIGHTING SCHEME IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TOMORROW. PRESS TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. A BOAT +CHOP YAT+ WILL LEAVE THE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AT 4.30 P.M. TOMORROW FOR MUI WO AND RETURN AFTER THE CEREMONY FINISHES AT ABOUT 7.30 P.M.
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