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FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1986
FREE AURAL TESTS START TOMORROW
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A SIXTH-MONTH AURAL HEALTH SCHEME WILL BEGIN IN KWUN TONG TOMORROW (SATURDAY) TO PROVIDE A FREE AUDIOMETRIC SCREENING SERVICE FOR WORKERS AND ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICT.
AFTER THE OPENING CEREMONY AT TSUN YIP STREET
PLAYGROUND, A MOBILE AUDIOMETRIC SCREENING VAN WILL START SERVING THE FIRST BATCH OF PEOPLE WHICH WILL INCLUDE 20 WORKERS AND 10 ELDERLY RESIDENTS.
INSTRUMENTS TO PROTECT HEARING WILL ALSO BE DISPLAYED AT THE PLAYGROUND.
IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING FREE HEARING TESTS TO LOCAL FACTORY WORKERS AND THE ELDERLY, THE SCHEME WILL ALSO ENHANCE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF AURAL PROBLEMS THROUGH ACTIVITIES SUCH AS A MOBILE EXHIBITION, A BOOKMARK DESIGN COMPETITION AND A SONG AND LYRIC WRITING CONTEST.
THE SCHEME HAS BEEN JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE DEAF, THE KWUN TONG DISTRICT BOARD'S SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE, THE DISTRICT OFFICE, AND THE KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL AREA COMMITTEE.
OFFICIATING AT TOMORROW'S OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG SOCIETY FOR THE DEAF, MR SIMON LEE; THE DISTRICT BOARD CHAIRMAN, MR LAM HANG-FAI; THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE, MR LI WAH-MING; THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MR KEVIN MAK; AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE INDUSTRIAL AREA COMMITTEE, MR PETER LOO.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SCHEME AT 12.30 PM TOMORROW AT THE TSUN YIP STREET PLAYGROUND IN THE KWUN TONG INDUSTRIAL AREA (NEAR THE TSUN YIP STREET COOKED FOOD BAZAAR).
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