WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1983
IN REPLY TO THE HON ROGER LOBO'S QUESTION REGARDING THE PREPARATION OF MARKING ORDERS TO CONTROL THE FRADULENT AND MISLEADING DESCRIPTION OF GOLD ARTICLES ON SALE IN LOCAL SHOPS, MR YUE SAID: +FOLLOWING DETAILED CONSULTATIONS WITH TRADE, CONSUMER AND TOURIST ORGANISATIONS, A MARKING ORDER HAS BEEN DRAFTED. SUBJECT TO A FINAL CONSIDERATION OF THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS, THE DRAFT ORDER WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.+
TRANSMISSION OF HERPES VIRUSES EXPLAINED
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THE RISK OF CONTRACTING HERPES WHILE SWIMMING IN POOLS OR USING TOILET SEATS IS MINIMAL AS THE MICRO ORGANISMS OF THE VIRUS DO NOT SURVIVE IN THE NATURAL ELEMENTS OUTSIDE THE HUMAN BODY, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WAS TOLD TODAY.
IN REPLY TO A QUESTION ABOUT THE HERPES VIRUS BY THE HON WONG LAM, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR THE HON S.F. LAM, EXPLAINED THAT THERE ARE TWO STRAINS OF VIRUSES WHICH CAUSE A CONDITION KNOWN AS HERPES SIMPLEX.
THE HERPES THAT IS CAUSED BY THE TYPE ONE STRAIN NORMALLY MANIFESTS ITSELF AS SKIN LESIONS AROUND THE MOUTH AND FACE AND IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS COLD SORES AS IT USUALLY FOLLOWS A COMMON COLD.
+THIS IS BY FAR THE MORE PREVALENT TYPE OF INFECTION AND, AS ITS NAME IMPLIES, IS QUITE HARMLESS AND THE DISEASE IS SELF-LIMITING, DR LAM SAID.
THE TYPE TWO STRAIN CAUSES A CONDITION WHICH NORMALLY MANIFESTS ITSELF AS LESIONS AROUND THE GENITALIA, A CONDITION THAT IS MUCH LESS COMMON AND IS KNOWN AS GENITAL HERPES.
+BOTH TYPE ONE AND TYPE TWO STRAINS OF THE HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUSES ARE MICRO ORGANISMS WHICH, WHEN EXPOSED TO THE NATURAL ELEMENTS OUTSIDE THE HUMAN BODY, DO NOT SURVIVE, DR LAM SAID.
+THEREFORE, SWIMMING IN POOLS AND THE USE OF TOILET SEATS AS SUCH IN PRACTICE DO NOT CONSTITUTE ANY SIGNIFICANT SOURCES OF INFECTION, HE SAID.
+IN THE CASE OF THE COLD SORES, TRANSMISSION IS BY DIRECT CONTACT FROM PERSON TO PERSON OR BY DROPLETS WHEN THE PERSONS ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, WHILE IN THE CASE OF GENITAL HERPES, TRANSMISSION IS THROUGH SEXUAL ACTIVITIES ONLY, HE ADDED.
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