WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1985
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IN REPLY TO ANOTHER QUESTION FROM MRS FAN CONCERNING THE CRITERIA USED FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A PRIVATE SCHOOL WAS FIT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BOUGHT PLACE SCHEME, MR LEUNG SAID THEY WERE THE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION, THE TEACHING STAFF, THE PREMISES, THE FACILITIES, ITS PROVISION OF EXTRA- CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND ITS POPULARITY AMONG PARENTS AND STUDENTS.
+ IT IS FROM AN OVERALL ASSESSMENT OF THE SCHOOL IN ALL THESE AREAS THAT DECISIONS ARE MADE ON WHETHER PLACES SHOULD BE BOUGHT FROM THE SCHOOL. THIS ASSESSMENT IS MADE THROUGH INSPECTIONS OF THE SCHOOL AND IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY TO SEE IF CONTINUED BUYING IS JUSTIFIED, HE SAID,
MORE MALARIA CASES REPORTED ***
IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A TOTAL OF 72 IMPORTED CASES AND ONE INDIGENOUS CASE OF MALARIA REPORTED, THE DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, DR THE HON RUDY KHOU, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
REPLYING TO QUESTIONS BY DR THE HON HENRIETTA IP ON WHETHER MALARIA CASES WERE ON THE INCREASE AND WHAT CONTROL MEASURES WERE BEING TAKEN, DR KHOO SAID THAT THERE HAD BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MALARIA CASES IN HONG KONG IN RECENT YEARS AND THAT THIS INCREASE CORRESPONDED WITH THE GLOBAL SITUATION, PARTICULARLY AMONG ASIAN COUNTRIES.
IN 1981, 1982, 1983 AND 1984, THE NUMBER OF IMPORTED CASES WERE 61, 77, 94 AND 101, WHILE THE NUMBER OF INDIGENOUS CASES WERE 1, 1, 30 AND 10 RESPECTIVELY.
HE EXPLAINED THAT THE INCREASE WAS MAINLY IN IMPORTED CASES WHICH REPRESENTED ABOUT 90 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL FIGURE.
ON THE WORK OF MONITORING AND CONTROLLING MALARIA, HE SAID THAT AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE ON MALARIA HAD BEEN SET UP TO CO-ORDINATE MATTERS SINCE OCTOBER 1983.
THE COMMITTEE HAS ALSO PREPARED AN OPERATIONAL MANUAL ON THE INVESTIGATION AND MANAGEMENT OF MALARIA+ FOR THE GUIDANCE OF THE MEDICAL AND OTHER STAFF, DR KHOO SAID.
+ IT ALSO MADE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF MALARIA, HE ADDED.
BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE COMMITTEE, VARIOUS MEASURES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THESE INCLUDE A SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, VECTOR MOSQUITO CONTROL, HEALTH EDUCATION, LABORATORY FACILITIES AND STAFF TRAINING,
/THE SURVEILLANCE