WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1985
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ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE MOVES
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THE ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE IS MOVING TO NEW PREMISES NEAR THE OUTLYING ISLANDS FERRY PIER IN CENTRAL ON SATURDAY (SEPTEMBER 7).
IT WILL MOVE FROM 16TH FLOOR, SINCERE BUILDING, DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL, TO THE 20TH FLOOR OF THE NEWLY-COMPLETED HARBOUR BUILDING AT 38 PIER ROAD, CENTRAL, AND WILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 9), THE NEW TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 5-8524307.
AFTER THE MOVE, THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD SECRETARIAT AND THE WORKS SECTION, PREVIOUSLY LOCATED SEPARATELY ON THE 10TH FLOOR OF THE SINCERE BUILDING, WILL BE HOUSED UNDER ONE ROOF IN HARBOUR BUILDING WITH THE DISTRICT OFFICE.
ADDITIONAL FACILITIES OF THE NEW OFFICE INCLUDE AN OFFICE FOR THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, A COMMON ROOM FOR DB MEMBERS AND A CONFERENCE ROOM ON THE 14TH FLOOR, FOR MAJOR MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES.
EXPERT JOINS DISTRICT BOARD COMMITTEE
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A SA! KUNG RESIDENT WHO IS AN EXPERT ON TROPICAL DISEASES HAS JOINED THE DISTRICT BOARD'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE.
DR DAVID KWOK, WHO WAS INVITED TO JOIN AS A CO-OPT MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, BRIEFED MEMBERS LAST WEEK ON THE GENERAL ASPECTS OF HOW TO CONTROL AND PREVENT THE SPREAD OF MALARIA.
DR KWOK EXPLAINED THAT THE PRIMARY INFLUENCES IN THE TRANSMISSION OF MALARIA WERE TEMPERATURE, RAINFALL AND HUMIDITY= AND ONLY THE ANOPHELINE MOSQUITO TRANSMITTED THE DISEASE.
HE POINTED OUT THAT AS SAI KUNG WAS NOT FAR FROM WHERE CASES OF MALARIA HAD BEEN REPORTED IN THE PAST, PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO RID THE DISTRICT OF MOSQUITO-BREEDING AREAS.
RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE COMMITTEE TO EDUCATE THE POPULATION TO BE MORE AWARE OF THE DISEASE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.