WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1983
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SHE CONCLUDED BY HIGHLIGHTING THE BENEFITS OF GIVING UP SMOKING:
* TEN TO 15 YEARS AFTER STOPPING, THE EX-SMOKER'S
RISK IS ONLY ABOUT TWO TIMES THAT OF A LIFE-LONG NON-SMOKER'S.
* COUGH AND SPUTUM DECREASES WITHIN WEEKS OF
STOPPING SMOKING AND DAMAGE DONE TO THE LUNG MAY BE HALTED,
* THE RISK OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE IS ALSO DECREASED AND IF SMOKING IS STOPPED BEFORE THE FOURTH MONTH OF PREGNANCY, RISK TO THE FOETUS CAN BE GREATLY DIMINISHED.
+ IN MOST CASES,+ DR LEUNG SAID, IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO STOP SMOKING. BETTER STILL IT IS ALWAYS WISE NOT TO START.+
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NOTE TO EDITORS:
GOVERNOR TO OPEN SCHOOL ****
THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, WILL OPEN A SCHOOL AND A YMCA CENTRE IN KWAI CHÚNG ON FRIDAY (JUNG 24).
SIR EDWARD WILL OFFICIALLY OPEN THE JU CHING CHU COLLEGE AT KWAI CHUNG TOWN LOT 368, TAI PAK TIN STREET, AT 11.30 AM.
IN THE AFTERNOON, HE WILL OFFICIATE AT THE OPENING OF THE CHINESE YMCA NEW TERRITORIES CENTRE AT 30-42 KWAI SHING CIRCUIT AT 2.30 PM.
AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONIES, THE GOVERNOR WILL TOUR THE SCHOOL AND YMCA BUILDING TO SEE THE FACILITIES PROVIDED.
YOU ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE EVENTS.
TRANSPORT WILL BE PROVIDED. MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING TO MAKE USE OF THIS FACILITY SHOULD ASSEMBLE AT KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER NOT LATER THAN 10.15 AM ON FRIDAY.
THOSE MAKING THEIR OWN WAY THERE SHOULD ARRIVE AT THE COLLEGE BY 11 AM AND AT THE YMCA CENTRE BY 2 PM.
GIS OFFICERS WILL BE ON HAND TO ASSIST.
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