SUNAY, JUNE 2, 1985
THE COUNCIL IS CHAIRED BY THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, OPERATIONS, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, AND HAS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TRANSPORT BRANCH AND THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION TRANSPORT, EDUCATION, INFORMATION SERVICES AND ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS BRITISH FORCES, HONG KONG THE HONG KONG ROAD SAFETY ASSOCIATION, THE HONG KONG AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION AND THE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED MOTORISTS, AS WELL AS OTHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TRAFFIC WING OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE STRATEGY PAPER IS TO REVIEW PROGRESS IN THE VARIOUS FIELDS OF ENDEAVOUR, IDENTIFY AREAS REQUIRING SPECIAL ATTENTION AND CO-ORDINATE STRATEGY PROPOSALS AND ESTABLISH A CHECKLIST OF CURRENT AND FUTURE ACTIVITIES.
PUBLIC WARNED ABOUT SUMMER DISEASES ****
THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY (SUNDAY) TOLD PEOPLE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA AND OTHER GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES, SUCH AS TYPHOID AND DYSENTERY, DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS,
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT VIRAL HEPATITIS AND FOOD POISONING WERE ALSO COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE WARM WEATHER.,
HE POINTED OUT THAT IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS THIS YEAR, FOUR PEOPLE HAD DIED FOR VIRAL HEPATITIS AND STATISTICS COMPILED BY THE DEPARTMENT SHOWED THAT THE NUMBER OF REPORTED VIRAL GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES HAD INCREASED SLIGHTLY OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
+FOR INSTANCE, 159 CASES OF VIRAL HEPATITIS WERE REPORTED IN APRIL, COMPARED WITH 101 CASES IN JANUARY, 73 IN FEBRUARY AND 106 IN MARCH,+ HE SAID.
+THOUGH THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORT OF CHOLERA CASES IN HONG KONG SINCE DECEMBER 1984, THE PUBLIC SHOULD CONTINUE TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THE DISEASE WHICH IS ENDEMIC IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
MEANWHILE, ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE NOTIFIABLE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES HAD REMAINED AT ABOUT THE SAME LEVEL OVER THE PAST YEARS, THE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTINUING WITH ITS HEALTH EDUCATION AND IMMUNISATION PROGRAMMES.
HOWEVER, THE MOST RELIABLE AND EFFECTIVE MEANS OF PREVENTION WAS TO OBSERVE PERSONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD HYGIENE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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