SUNDAY, MAY 13, 1979
+EACH GROUP WILL HAVE ABOUT 20 STUDENTS. THIS IS TO ENABLE THE STAFF TO DEVOTE THE IR WHOLE ATTENTION TO THEM, MRS, HO SAID.
THE CENTRE, SHE POINTED OUT, HAS SOME 800 TITLES ON CAREERS AND RELATED SUBJECTS AS WELL AS AUDIO-VISUAL FACILITIES FOR FILM SHOWS, SLIDE PRESENTATIONS AND CASSETTE RECORDINGS.
+AND THEY COVER A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS FROM APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN COMMERCE AND THE CIVIL SERVICE,+ SHE STATED.
SHE SAID THAT INVITATIONS TO VISIT THE CENTRE WERE SENT TO 240 SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KOWLOON EARLIER THIS MONTH AND THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING.
MRS. HO SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE PRESENT PROGRAMME WAS FOR KOWLOON STUDENTS, ANOTHER CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRE WILL OPEN TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR ON HONG KONG ISLAND.
RABIES CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS
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THE RABIES AWARENESS CAMPAIGN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IS PROVING VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH SOME 434 DOGS BEING INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES AND LICENSED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF THE EXERCISE.
ANOTHER 16 DOGS WERE VOLUNTARILY SURRENDERED TO THE
AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT'S DOG CATCHING TEAMS IN EACH OF THE CENTRES.
THE CAMPAIGN WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY AT SAN TIN AND WILL BE COMPLETED ON FRIDAY AT TAI PO. OTHER TOWNS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL PHASE WILL BE KU TUNG, SHEUNG SHUI AND FANLING.
LAST WEEK THE TEAMS VISITED TUEN MUN (WHERE 81 DOGS WERE INOCULATED), HUNG SHUI KIU (114), HA TSUEN (57), YUEN LONG (79) AND KAM TIN (103). AT YUEN LONG, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SAP PAT HEUNG RURAL COMMITTEE, MR. TAI KEUN, HAD TWO OF HIS DOGS INOCULATED AND LICENSED AND SURRENDERED ANOTHER THREE DOGS TO THE DEPARTMENT.
A SPOKESMAN FROM THE DEPARTMENT SAID INITIAL RESULTS OF THE CAMPAIGN WERE VERY ENCOURAGING AND IF THE TREND CONTINUED, SOME 800 TO 1,000 DOGS WOULD BE INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES AND LICENSED DURING THE TWO-WEEK PERIOD.
HE ADDED THAT FIELD OFFICERS CONDUCTING THE INOCULATIONS WERE USING DISPOSABLE SYRINGES THUS ENSURING THAT NEEDLES WERE NOT BLUNT.
THE CAMPAIGN IS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE DOGS AND CATS (AMENDMENTS) REGULATIONS WHICH MAKES IT COMPULSORY FOR ALL DOGS OVER FIVE MONTHS OLD TO BE INOCULATED AGAINST RABIES AND LICENSED. THE LICENCE, VALID FOR THREE YEARS, COSTS $15 WHILE THE VACCINE IS FREE.
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