SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1984
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+ IN ORDER TO HAVE A MORE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT BOARD, RESIDENTS SHOULD EXERCISE THEIR CIVIC RIGHTS BY REGISTERING AS VOTERS AND TAKING PART IN NEXT YEAR'S DB ELECTIONS SO THAT THEY CAN VOTE FOR THEIR OWN IDEAL CANDIDATES, HE SAID.
MR LUI REMINDED RESIDENTS THAT THOSE WHO HAD ALREADY REGISTERED AS VOTERS NEED NOT DO SO AGAIN. ANYONE WHO CANNOT FIND TIME TO GET REGISTRATION FORMS CAN CALL THE VOTER REGISTRATION HOTLINE (3-688062) AND ASK FOR FORMS TO BE MAILED TO THEM.
TODAY'S PROGRAMME INCLUDED PERFORMANCES BY A SCHOOL VIOLIN BAND, ICE-SKATING DEMONSTRATION, DANCES, A KUNG-FU DEMONSTRATION BY TV ARTISTS, AND A PHOTO SESSION FREE FOR NEWLY REGISTERED VOTERS.
EARLY FIGHT AGAINST RUBELLA GOES ON ******
MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT INNOCULATORS WILL BE VISITING SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS TO VACCINATE PRIMARY 6 GIRLS AGAINST GERMAN MEASLES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT TODAY CALLED ON PARENTS OF THESE GIRLS TO SUPPORT THE ANNUAL ANTI-RUBELLA CAMPAIGN BY GIVING THE IR CONSENT.
RUBELLA, COMMONLY CALLED GERMAN MEASLES, IS A VIRUS INFECTION. WOMEN AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE IN EARLY PREGNANCY MAY GIVE BIRTH TO BABIES WITH CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES, SUCH AS DEAFNESS, BLINDNESS, HEART AND BRAIN DEFECTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE ANNUAL CAMPAIGN IS AIMED AT GIVING GIRLS LONG TERM PROTECTION AGAINST RUBELLA.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT INNOCULATION AT AN EARLY AGE WAS DESIRABLE TO PRODUCE THE MAXIMUM PREVENTIVE EFFECT.
+BY THE TIME THE GIRLS REACH THE REPRODUCTIVE AGE, THEY WILL HAVE DEVELOPED IMMUNITY AGAINST THE DISEASE,+ HE EXPLAINED.
THE ANTI-RUBELLA CAMPAIGN WAS STARTED IN 1978 AND HAS RECEIVED GOOD SUPPORT FROM PARENTS AND SCHOOL AUTHORITIES. DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS, OVER 64 147 GIRLS HAVE BEEN INNOCULATED UNDER THE PROGRAMME.
PARENTS WHO HAVE QUERIES MAY CONTACT THE HEALTH SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT ON 5-7219250 EXT. 241.
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