TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1979
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MR. CHEUNG WAS ADMITTED TO PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL ON SEPTEMBER 7 AND MR. LUK TO THE SAME HOSPITAL ONE DAY LATER, BOTH SUFFERING FROM DIARRHOEA AND VOMITTING, LABORATORY TESTS OF THE IR STOOLS LATER CONFIRMED THE PRESENCE OF CHOLERA VIBRIO OF THE EL TOR STRAIN.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID CONTROLLED MEASURES WERE IMMEDIATELY CARRIED OUT BY BOTH THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTS IN THE TWO PREMISES TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE.
ALL CLOSE CONTACTS OF THE TWO PATIENTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN CHEMOPROPHYLATIC TREATMENT AND KEPT UNDER SURVEILLANCE AND THE PREMISES DISINFECTED.
STAFF OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAVE ALSO INTENSIFIED THE IR SUPERVISION OF ALL FOOD PREMISES AND RESTAURANTS,
THE SPOKESMAN REITERATED THAT PREVENTION OF A LOCAL SPREAD WOULD DEPEND LARGELY ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC STRICTLY OBSERVING PERSONAL HYGIENE, FOOD HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE.
+ INOCULATION COULD ONLY PROVIDE PARTIAL PROTECTION TO THE INDIVIDUAL FOR A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME, HE ADDED.
THE LAST CASE OF CHOLERA IN HONG KONG WAS REPORTED ON AUGUST 24 WHEN A SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY FROM TUEN MUN WAS FOUND TO BE SUFFERING FROM CHOLERA.
GROWTH IN BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY
SLOWED DOWN – REPORT
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BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY REMAINED BUOYANT IN 1978, ALTHOUGH THE GROWTH HAD ALREADY SLOWED DOWN, ACCORDING TO A SPECIAL REVIEW ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE JUNĚ ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS.
THE ARTICLE PROVIDES AN ANALYSIS OF THE MAJOR TRENDS IN THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN HONG KONG WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PUBLIC HOUSING PROJECTS DURING THE LAST FEW YEARS.
THE SLOW-DOWN IN THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, THE ARTICLE SAYS, MAY BE PARTLY DUE TO THE LIMITED SCOPE FOR EXPANSION IN THE CAPACITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, AND PARTLY TO THE RAPID INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
DESPITE THE SLOW-DOWN, CAPITAL EXPENDITURE BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY CONTINUED TO SURGE AHEAD IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1978 SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME, THE ARTICLE POINTS OUT.
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