THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1980
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FOR INSTANCE, BY ESTABLISHING SENSIBLE HEALTH HABITS SUCH AS CUTTING DOWN OR CUTTING OUT CIGARETTE SMOKING, MORE LUNG CANCER CAN BE PREVENTED.
FURTHERMORE, EARLY IDENTIFICATION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT NOT ONLY CAN RESULT IN A BETTER PROGNOSIS BUT ALSO RENDER THE CONDITION LESS DISABLING, SAID DR THONG.
THE DIRECTOR SAID THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION WAS ESSENTIAL IN REDUCING INCIDENCES OF MORTALITY AND DISABILITY AND IN MINIMISING PSYCHOLOGICAL AS WELL AS PHYSICAL SUFFERINGS ARISING FROM CANCER.
VISITORS TO THE EXHIBITION CAN SEE HOW CANCER BEGINS AND SPREADS AND HOW SIMPLE HEALTH MEASURES CAN EITHER PREVENT OR DETECT SOME FORMS OF CANCER.
EDUCATIONAL MOVIES AND SLIDES ON TOPICS INCLUDING LUNG CANCER AND CERVICAL CANCER WILL BE SHOWN AT REGULAR INTERVALS.
ON DISPLAY ALSO ARE ILLUMINATED LIFE-SIZE MODELS INDICATING THE COMMON SITES OF CANCER AND THE SPREAD OF CANCER IN THE BODY.
TWO EDUCATIONAL LEAFLETS, ONE ON EARLY CANCER WARNING SIGNS AND THE OTHER ON STEPS TO SELF-EXAMINE BREAST CANCER WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO VISITORS.
THE EXHIBITION WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BETWEEN 10 AM AND 6 PM FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) TO SUNDAY.
AGRICULTURE DIRECTOR VISITS LOCAL MUSHROOM GROWERS
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THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, MR J.M. RIDDELL-SWAN, VISITED A PROMINENT MUSHROOM FARMER IN SEK KONG THIS MORNING TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE GROWING OF MUSHROOMS IN HONG KONG.
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THE FARMER, MR CHIU MING, IS A LEADING MUSHROOM GROWER. FARM PRODUCES SÓME 70 PICULS OF MUSHROOMS EACH MONTH AS WELL AS 30 TO 40 PER CENT OF THE LOCALLY PRODUCED MUSHROOM SPAWNS.
COMMENTING ON HIS VISIT, MR RIDDELL-SWAN SAID THE BASIC FACILITIES AS WELL AS THE LAYOUT AND DESIGN OF THE FARM WERE FAIRLY MODERN AND SUITED TO LOCAL CONDITIONS.
HE WAS PLEASED TO NOTE FROM HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH MR CHIU THAT MANY MUSHROOM GROWERS HAD VISITED MR CHIU TO STUDY THE DESIGN AND LAYOUT OF HIS FARM.
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