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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1986
INOCULATION DRIVE FOR TUEN MUN, SHA TIN
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THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE WITH ITS VIGOROUS ANTI-RABIES INOCULATION CAMPAIGN THIS MONTH IN TUEN MUN AND SHA TIN,
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT THE DRIVE WAS PART OF STRINGENT CONTROL MEASURES BY THE DEPARTMENT TO PREVENT THE RESURGENCE OF THE DEADLY DISEASE IN HONG KONG.
+THE DEPARTMENT'S MOBILE INOCULATION TEAMS WILL VISIT VILLAGES IN TUEN MUN FROM APRIL 7 TO 18 AND SHA TIN FROM APRIL 16 TO 25, + HE SAID.
THE TUEN MUN VILLAGES INCLUDE CHING CHUEN WAI, CHUNG UK TSUEN, FUK HANG TSUEN, HO TIN TSUEN, LAM TEI, LAM TEI SAN TSUEN, SUN FUNG WAI, AND WO PING SAN TSUEN.
VILLAGES IN SHA TIN ARE PAT TSZ WO, KWAI TEI, LOK LO HA, KAU TO, HO TUNG LAU, CHEK NAI PING, MA NIU TSUEN, KWUN YAM SHAN, MAU TAT, SHAP YI WAT, TIU TSO NGAM AND FU YUNG PIT.
DOG OWNERS IN THESE VILLAGES SHOULD MAKE USE OF THE
MOBILE SERVICE TO HAVE THEIR PETS INOCULATED.
+ INOCULATION OF DOGS OVER FIVE MONTHS OLD IS COMPULSORY UNDER THE DOGS AND CATS ORDINANCE. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL
RENDER THE OWNER LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5 000 AND SIX-MONTH IMPRISONMENT,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
SINCE THE LAST RABIES OUTBREAK IN AUGUST 1984, A TOTAL OF 45 872 DOGS HAD BEEN INOCULATED OR RE-INOCULATED.
APART FROM INOCULATION THE DEPARTMENT STRICTLY ENFORCES OTHER ANTI-RABIES MEASURES INCLUDING THE QUARANTINE OF IMPORTED DOGS AND CATS, STRAY DOG CONTROL AND COMPULSORY DETENTION AND OBSERVATION OF ANIMALS WHICH HAD BITTEN PEOPLE.
+SINCE APRIL LAST YEAR THE RABIES INFECTED AREA HAS BEEN CONFINED TO THE FRONTIER CLOSED AREA IN WHICH INTENSIVE OPERATIONS ARE STILL BEING CARRIED OUT INCLUDING HOUSE-TO-HOUSE VISITS TO ENSURE ALL DOGS ARE INOCULATED AND LICENSED.
+ IN ADDITION, NO DOGS ARE ALLOWED IN OR OUT OF THE INFECTED AREA WITHOUT PERMISSION, HE SAID.
DOG OWNERS ARE URGED TO HAVE THEIR DOGS IMMUNISED AND
TO EXERCISE CONTROL OVER THEIR PETS AT ALL TIMES. DOG INOCULATION SERVICE IS AVAILABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT KENNELS IN VICTORIA ROAD IN HONG KONG, SUNG WONG TO IN KOWLOON AND SHEK WU HUF AND SHA TIN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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