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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1982
AT PRESENT THERE ARE TWO SUCH CLINICS AND SIX MORE ARE NOW BEING PLANNED FOR KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES WITHIN THE NEXT SIX YEARS.
DR THONG POINTED OUT THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE SERVICE IS PREVENTION AND PLANS ARE IN THE PIPELINE TO ESTABLISH A DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT TO PROMOTE DENTAL HEALTH AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN.
THE PRINCIPAL OF THE TRAINING SCHOOL, DR P.Y. WONG, SAID DURING THE GRADUATION CEREMONY THAT THE TRAINING PROGRAMME IS GEARED TOWARDS PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE DENTAL CARE FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.
DURING THE THREE YEARS, STUDENTS HAVE TO UNDERGO TRAINING IN CLINICAL SUBJECTS INCLUDING BASIC DENTAL SCIENCES AND FIRST AID, AND OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES, AND ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO CARRY OUT MUCH CLINICAL WORK.
+AS THE TRAINING PROGRAMME IS PREVENTION ORIENTATED, SPECIAL ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE LATEST PREVENTION TECHNIQUES, AND THE STUDENTS REGULARLY CONDUCT DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMME SUCH AS PUPPET SHOWS AND HEALTH TALKS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN AND OTHER
INTERESTED GROUPS, DR WONG SAID.
POPULATION ESTIMATED AT 5 207 000
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THE ESTIMATED POPULATION OF HONG KONG AT THE END OF DECEMBER 1981 WAS 5 207 000, ACCORDING TO FIGURES RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE ESTIMATE SHOWS AN INCREASE OF 87 200 PEOPLE OR 1.7 PER CENT OVER THE END-OF-1980 FIGURE.
THE SLOWER RATE OF INCREASE IN 1981 WAS DUE TO THE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THE LEVEL OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA AS A RESULT OF THE ABOLITION OF THE REACH-BASE POLICY.
NET IMMIGRATION, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF TOTAL ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES, WHICH HAS BEEN THE MAJOR FACTOR IN THE POPULATION GROWTH IN THE PAST THREE YEARS, ACCOUNTED FOR ONLY 24 530 PEOPLE OR 28.1 PER CENT OF THE GROWTH.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF BIRTHS IN 1981 WAS 87 431. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS WAS 24 715,
NATURAL INCREASE, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS, AMOUNTED TO 62 716 PEOPLE OR 71.9 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION GROWTH IN 1981, AND THUS BECAME THE DOMINANT FACTOR IN TOTAL POPULATION GROWTH,