SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1980
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THE WEEKDAY PEAK HOUR FREQUENCY OF BUS ROUTE 21 FROM TAI KOO SHING TO CENTRAL (HILLIER STREET) WILL ALSO BE IMPROVED FROM TEN MINUTES TO EIGHT MINUTES AND THE SERVICE WILL BEGIN AT 6.30 AM
INSTEAD OF 6.50 AM.
IN ADDITION, AN EVENING SERVICE AT 15-MINUTE FREQUENCY WILL BE EXTENDED FROM 8 PM TO 11.30 PM FROM CENTRAL ON ALL DAYS.
IN ANTICIPATION OF THE EXTENSION OF THE BUS ONLY LANE ON KING'S ROAD ON DECEMBER 30, TUESDAY BUS ROUTES 23, 23B AND 80 WILL CEASE TO OPERATE ALONG JAVA ROAD FROM MONDAY (DECEMBER 22). THESE ROUTES WILL OPERATE ALONG KING'S ROAD IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
ON JOURNEYS TO CHAI WAN, BUS ROUTE 82 WILL BE DIVERTED FROM JAVA ROAD TO KING'S ROAD VIA TIN CHIU STREET.
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FREE VACCINATION FOR FISHERMEN'S CHILDREN
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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS MADE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS TO IMMUNISE CHILDREN OF THE FISHING FOLK AGAINST DISEASES.
AN INNOCULATION TEAM OF THE DEPARTMENT WILL OPERATE FROM A MARINE DEPARTMENT LAUNCH AT THE YAU MA TEI TYPHOON SHELTER FROM 10 AM TO 4 PM ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 22) AND AT THE LEI YUE MUN TYPHOON SHELTER ON TUESDAY (DECEMBER 23).
THE TEAM WILL GIVE FREE VACCINATION TO FISHING FOLK'S CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN SIX MONTHS AND 10 YEARS OLD AGAINST MEASLES, DIPHTHERIA-TETANUS AND POLIO.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT URGED THE FISHERMEN TO MAKE USE OF THIS SPECIAL SERVICE TO GIVE ADDED PROTECTION TO THEIR CHILDREN AGAINST DISEASES.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID, THE DATES WERE CHOSEN TO COINCIDE WITH THE CHINESE FESTIVAL OF WINTER SOLSTICE WHEN MOST OF THE FISHERMEN ARE IN PORT TO CELEBRATE.+
HE NOTED THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN OF THE MARINE POPULATION RESPONDING TO IMMUNISATION IS RELATIVELY LOWER THAN THAT LIVING ON LAND.
+THIS IS UNDERSTANDABLE AS THE BOAT PEOPLE MAY NOT FIND IT CONVENIENT TO VISIT THE MANY MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES ON LAND, HE ADDED.
FOR THIS REASON, THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TAKING THE INITIATIVE OF BRINGING TO THEM A SERIES OF VACCINATION PROGRAMMES.
VACCINATION AGAINST THESE DISEASES PRODUCES LONG TERM PROTECTION AND IS AVAILABLE ALL YEAR ROUND AT ANY OF THE 37 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH CENTRES THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY.
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