SUNDAY, JULY 15, 1934
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CAMPAIGN ON WATER HYGIENE LAUNCHED
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THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS LAUNCHING AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN TO URGE PEOPLE TO OBSERVE HYGIENE IN DRINK ING WATER.
TO SPREAD THE HYGIENE MESSAGE NTSD HEALTH INSPECTORS ARE VISITING REMOTE AREAS AND OUTLYING ISLANDS.
WHERE MAINS WATER IS SUPPLIED, VILLAGERS AND HOLIDAY-MAKERS ARE BEING URGED NOT TO DRINK WATER FROM OTHER LOCAL SOURCES.
BUT WHERE THERE IS NO MAINS WATER, WELL OR STREAM WATER SHOULD BE BOILED BEFORE CONSUMPTION, AN NTSD SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE HEALTH INSPECTORS ARE ALSO DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION LEAFLETS ON HOW TO CHLORINATE WELL AND STREAM WATER.
TO SAFEGUARD THE PUBLIC, STAFF OF THE NTSD ARE CARRYING OUT REGULAR CHLORINATION OF WELLS IN NT AREAS WHERE WELL WATER. IS BEING USED FOR DRINK ING.
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO URGED VILLAGERS TO KEEP THEIR LIVING SURROUNDINGS CLEAN TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF STREAM AND WELL WATER.
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$400 000 SUMMER YOUTH PLAN STARTING
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THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME IN TSUEN WAN WILL BEGIN TOMORROW (MONDAY), PROVIDING 900 ITEMS OF ACTIVITIES FOR ABOUT 50 000 PARTICIPANTS.
THE $400 000 - PROGRAMME, FUNDED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB, THE LOCAL DISTRICT BOARD AND ORGANISATIONS, WILL INCLUDE TRAINING COURSES, SPORTS COMPETITIONS, CAMPING, SEMINARS AND VISITS.
AN OPENING CEREMONY FEATURING A VARIETY SHOW WILL BE HELD AT 8 PM AT THE TSUEN WAN TOWN HALL.
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