KONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1982
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ON THE PREVENTIVE SIDE, HE SAID THAT HEALTH EDUCATION WAS OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE NOT ONLY TO THE ELDERLY BUT ALSO FOR ALL OTHER AGE GROUPS.
+THROUGH HEALTH EDUCATION, PEOPLE COULD BE EDUCATED ON THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF AGING, THE GENERAL HEALTH PRINCIPLES WHICH AFFECT THE ELDERLY PEOPLE, SUCH AS THE IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITION, PERSONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AND BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE, + HE SAID.
IT WAS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR THE ELDERLY TO LEARN TO WATCH OUT FOR SYMPTOMS OF CERTAIN DISEASES, WHICH NORMALLY AFFECT ELDERLY PEOPLE, AND TO SEEK MEDICAL ADVICE, WHERE NECESSARY, AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF SUCH SYMPTOMS, HE ADDED.
WATER FIGURES ***
STORAGE IN HONG KONG'S RESERVOIRS AT 9 AM TODAY (MONDAY) STOOD AT 79.6 PER CENT OF CAPACITY OR 459.924 MILLION CUBIC METRES.
THIS TIME LAST YEAR THE RESERVOIRS CONTAINED 252.452 MILLION CUBIC METRES OF WATER, REPRESENTING 43.7 PER CENT OF CAPACITY.
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K.C.R. TO RUN EXTRA TRAINS
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THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY WILL RUN SPECIAL SERVICES BETWEEN WEDNESDAY (AUGUST 25) AND TUESDAY (AUGUST 31) FOR PASSENGERS RETURNING FROM CHINA AFTER THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS.
DURING THE SEVEN-DAY PERIOD, THERE WILL BE AN ADDITIONAL UP-TRAIN AND AN ADDITIONAL DOWN-TRAIN DAILY BETWEEN KOWLOON AND LO WU,
THE SPECIAL UP-TRAIN WILL LEAVE KOWLOON STATION AT 2.05 PM AND THE DOWN-TRAIN WILL LEAVE LO WU STATION AT 4.14 PM DAILY.
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